Series:

Luath Guides to Scotland

4 total works

Cover of The North West Highlands

This title deals with the vast and lovely area lying to the north and west of Fort William, and going up through the Highlands as far as Ullapool.

Cover of The Northern Highlands

The Northern Highlands

by Tom Atkinson

Published March 1986
The Empty Lands are that great area of northern Scotland between Ullapool and Cape Wrath, and between Bonar Bridge and John O' Groats. It is truly the Land of the Mountain and the Flood, where land and sea mingle in ursurpassed glory. From the pier-head at Ullapool to the Smoo Caves at Durness, and from Dornoch Cathedral to Dounreay Nuclear Establishment, Tom Atkinson describes it all, Myths and legends, history, poetry, and a keen eye for the landscape and all its creatures make this book a valuable companion for all who travel to that magnificent part of Scotland.

Cover of The West Highlands

The West Highlands

by Tom Atkinson

Published 1 March 1986

Inveraray, Oban, Kintyre, Glencoe, Loch Awe, Loch Lomond, Appin, Islay - all the glories of Argyll are described in this book. From Dumbarton to Campletown and north to Loch Etive there is a great wealth of beauty unmatched in Scotland. It is a quiet and lonely land, a land still unspoiled, a land of history and legend, a land of unsurpassed glory. Tom Atkinson describes it all, writing with deep insight into the land he loves. There could be no better guide to its beauties and history. Once Atkinson has taken you there, these lands can never feel lonely.

Cover of South West Scotland

South West Scotland

by Tom Atkinson

Published March 1986

The lovely land of hills, moors and beaches is bounded by the Atlantic and the Solway. Steeped in history and legend, still unspoiled, it is a land whose peace and grandeur are at least comparable to the Highlands, and yet it is hardly known. No area of Scotland better repays exploration than this.

From the Auld Kirk of Alloway where tales of Tam O'Shanter resound, to the legends of St Ninian at one of Scotland's earliest Christian sites, Whithorn, this region is lovingly described by a local author, who will explore with you the splendour of Culzean Castle and delights of Wanlockhead, Scotland's highest village.