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.
Prince of Tears
Predation on the moss
Home amongst the ruins
Summer on the bog
Peat Burning
Moorsoldaten
Sphagnum
Sphagnum framed by bog cottongrass knotwork
Lum (Scots):- chimney.
Limits of experimental archaeology…
There are limits to experimental archaeology, like how far Alexander goes in re-enacting a bog person strangulation with a length of my newly woven cottongrass cord.




