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Ben Buxton

Ben Buxton

Ben Buxton first explored the Barra Isles in the 1970s. Later, while studying for a degree in archaeology, he investigated the archaeology and history of Mingulay. In 1995 Mingulay: An Island and its People was published by Birlinn. This was joint winner of the Michaelis-Jena Ratcliffe Prize for Folklife in 1997. Ben Buxton now lives in Dorset, where he teaches adult education classes in archaeology.

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Vatersay Raiders, The

Vatersay Raiders, The


ISBN: 9781841585536
Category: History, Local History
Author: Ben Buxton
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: Paperback
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock  
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Synopsis:

This book, the first about Vatersay, draws on detailed records to tell the remarkable story of the raiders: their struggle to escape from the poverty which, they claimed, the policies of the absentee landowner forced them to endure, the raiding and settlement of the island and the fraught process of dividing it up into crofts.


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