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Poacher's pilgrimage : an island journey

McIntosh, Alastair, 1955-2016
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The islands of the Outer Hebrides are home to some of the most remote and spectacular scenery in the world. They host an astonishing range of mysterious structures - stone circles, beehive dwellings, holy wells and 'temples' from the Celtic era. Over a twelve-day pilgrimage, often in appalling conditions, Alastair McIntosh returns to the islands of his childhood and explores the meaning of these places. Traversing moors and mountains, struggling through torrential rivers, he walks from the most southerly tip of Harris to the northerly Butt of Lewis. The book is a walk through space and time, across a physical landscape and into a spiritual one.
Main title:
Publisher:
Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2016.
Collation:
xxi, 329 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781780273617 (hbk)9780857909015 (ebook)
Language:
English
BRN:
1533199
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