Further reading

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Loch Migdale hoard
The original report on the discovery of the Loch Migdale hoard, which featured in this programme, was written by J Anderson in Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 35 (1901), p266.

Artificial Islets: Crannogs of the Central Inner Hebrides by Mark W Holley (British Archaeological Reports, 2000) £44
The author's PhD thesis at Edinburgh University was based on his extensive field-work on the crannogs of Scotland. Holley maintains the Crannogs on the Web website.

Landscape with lake dwellings by Ian A Morrison (Edinburgh University Press, 1986) paperback £7.95
A well-illustrated pocket-guide to the crannogs of Scotland with sections on typology, structure, form and their place within the landscape.

The Landscape of Scotland: A hidden history by C R Wickham-Jones (Tempus, 2001) paperback £16.99
From the top of the highest mountain to the bottom of the deepest peat bog, the landscape of Scotland bears witness to the people who have lived and worked on the land for generations. It is the role of archaeology to recognise and interpret these traces, and in this book, archaeological skills are brought to bear on the landscape of today. Individual sections cover settlements, farming, fortification, industry, transport, ceremony and religion, and burials. Each section presents representative sites from all periods and all parts of the country. Rather than using the familiar manicured sites that are laid open for the public, the author takes us to humps and bumps and piles of stone – the ordinary sites which those who like to explore the countryside come across every day (perhaps without knowing it).

Farmers in Prehistoric Britain by Francis Pryor (Tempus, 1998) hardback £18.99
Wearing both his hats as archaeologist and farmer, Pryor has produced an empathic work on the life and methods of prehistoric farmers. Often what survives is just a few cropmarks, but this work brings what is now obscure into vivid reality.

Prehistoric Britain by Timothy Darvill (Routledge, 1987) paperback £22.99
Timothy Darvill examines the development of human societies in Britain from the earliest times down to the Roman Conquest, as revealed by available archaeological evidence. Special attention is given to six themes which are traced through all phases of prehistory: subsistence, technology, ritual, trade, society and population.

The Crannogs of Scotland: An underwater archaeology by Nicholas Dixon (Tempus, 2005) paperback £17.99
Nick Dixon's book brings together the fruits of his longstanding work on Scottish crannogs, at Loch Tay and elsewhere. The book explains the methods of underwater archaeology and reviews the results of the Loch Tay crannog excavations, as well as revealing exciting discoveries from a number of other prehistoric sites. In particular, the excavation of the 2,500-year-old early Iron-Age Oakbank crannog shows what can be found in the well-preserved waterlogged remains: timber floors and wooden walls of houses, bracken and ferns laid on the floor to make the house comfortable, household utensils and agricultural implements – even butter in a wooden butter dish.

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