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Contents Introduction List of contributors Key to lettering The MAPS Introductory Edited by Ian A Morrison Scotland: geography in history Scotland's place in the world: the view from Rome Scotland's place in the world: the view from London The location and shape of Scotland Stepping stones on the Viking seaways Scotland: view from the Celtic West Scotland: view from the feudalising South-east Routeways Galloway in context Firth of Forth and the North Sea Routeways: major lochs and drove roads Glaciation Scotland: Old Red Sandstone Scotland: glaciation Scotland: glacial scouring Scotland: agricultural potential Land-and sea-level changes Scotland: uplift contours Dumfries area: before deposit of carse clay Dumfries area: after deposit of carse clay Carse clays and other major expanses of post-glacial raised beaches The shaping of settlements Evolution of the coastline: East Neuk burghs Development of crag and tail formation Crag and tail formation: Edinburgh Crag and tail formation: Stirling The siting of settlements . Conjectural reconstruction of prehistoric crannog Conjectural reconstruction of medieval crannog Threave Castle: strategic location Threave Castle: tactical location on islet on the River Dee Stirling: strategic position Physical features, land use and settlements Subsistence potential of the land Scotland: relief Scotland and England: comparative areas Scotland: land quality . Climatic processes Latitude of Scotland and Greenland Ripening of cereal crops in northern Europe Annual temperature curves Accumulated temperature in day degrees Celsius Regional climates Start of the barley harvest, by month Start of the haymaking, by month Length of growing season Rainfall Annual potential water deficit xiv xvi xviii 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 ·6 6 7 7 8 8 8 9 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 18 19 19