[MR] Lost Medieval Scottish Gardens Revealed

[Garth Groff]

Noble Friends, and Especially Fellow Scots,

This BBC article discusses a pending book on lost Scottish gardens: 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-19434712 . 
Included are gardens "reconstructed" from spy maps Henry VIII had drawn 
during the "Rough Wooing", an invasion designed to force the Scots to 
marry off the infant Mary (as in "Queen of Scots") to his son Edward. 
This new book, SCOTLAND'S LOST GARDENS, looks like a very interesting 
look at history. Sadly, the book is not on OCLC yet.

Although it isn't period, the story about the bottom of the page "What 
Britain Used to Look Like from the Air" is a fascinating serious of 
historical aerial photos from England, presented as a slide show with 
commentary. It is really delightful.

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot