Drowned on the moss. From the 1814 census of the peat cutters on Drip Moss, Kincardineshire “…John, aged 1&1/2, killed by a cart… Donald, 14, killed by a horse… Elizabeth, 16, drowned.”
Author: robinacrawford
Robin Crawford is an author and illustrator, with a particular interest in the culture and natural heritage of Scotland. His first book, ‘Into the Peatlands: A Journey Through the Moorland Year’, was published in 2018 and longlisted for the Highland Book Prize. ‘Cauld Blasts and Clishmaclavers’ (2020) is a treasury of Scottish Words. His third book ‘The Sound of Many Waters, A Jjourney along the River Tay’ is published in June 2023 by Birlinn. He lives in Auchtermuchty, in Fife.
Drowned on the moor.
Drowned on the Lewis moor. In 1872 three year old John MacDonald unbeknownst to his mother followed her out to the peats on the moor, lost his way and drowned in Loch na Caor.
Land/Water
Land/Water. Cundall and Iolaire drowning memorials, Lewis.
Water/Land: Creel lighthouse.
Water/land: Creel lighthouse at ‘The Enchanted Forest: Edge of the Water’, Faskally Wood, Pitlochry.
Peatland Water Lilies
Peatland Water lilies.
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Water/land
Water/land.
(un)see
(Un)see. The Lewis breed of pony is now extinct.
William Shiels, ‘West Highland Ponies.’ Eriskay, Mull, and Uist ponies. National Museum of Rural Life, East Kilbride.
See
See.
Hear: the craws crouse.
Hear the boastful crows ‘crouse’ as the autumn evening’s mist closes in- Bankhead Moss, Fife.
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