Scotland

Dr Alixe Bovey begins her journey on the East coast of Scotland with a visit to an abandoned monastery on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth. A visit to Crail in Fife provides an insight into the massive fishing industry which proliferated at the time. Stirling provides much of the history of warfare between the Scots and the English, including the Scottish victory at the Battle of Bannockburn. King David played a big part in establishing Scotland as a separate kingdom by building cathedrals to establish a Scottish religious identity, including the imposing Melrose...