RCAHMS Books Catalogue

1 March 2012

Drawing on the expertise and enthusiasm of our dedicated staff, and the outstanding resource of our unique archive collection, RCAHMS books deliver immaculately researched and wonderfully illustrated titles to anyone with an interest in Scotland’s places, history and heritage.

Highlights for this year include:

• Scotland’s Landscapes, October 2012 – Over the past 10,000 years, every inch of Scotland – whether remote hilltop, fertile floodplain, or storm-lashed coastline – has been shaped, changed and moulded by its people. No part of the land is without its human story. The third book in a series showcasing the National Collection of Aerial Photography, Scotland’s Landscapes tells the enduring story of this interaction between man and his environment. Divided into four chapters that capture the essence and uniqueness of the nation’s landscapes – Islands, Highlands, Lowlands and Coastlines – stunning new imagery comes together to build up a picture of a dramatic terrain forged by thousands of years of incredible change.
• Scotland’s Lost Gardens, September 2012 - Gardens are one of the most important elements in the cultural history of Scotland. Yet they remain fragile features of the landscape, easily changed, abandoned or destroyed, leaving little or no trace. In Scotland’s Lost Gardens, author Marilyn Brown rediscovers the fascinating stories of the nation’s vanished historic gardens. Drawing on varied, rare and newly available archive material, including the cartography of Timothy Pont, spy maps of Holyrood drawn for Henry VIII during the ‘Rough Wooing’, medieval charters, renaissance poetry, the Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer, and modern aerial photography, a remarkable picture emerges of centuries of lost landscapes.

For more information on all of RCAHMS Books, including details on how to order, see our new books catalogue PDF or the publications section of our website.