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Ankle High History: Episode 1

Episode 1

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Mark Stephen explores Scotland's lost archaeological history.

Mark Stephen uncovers Scotland's lost archaeological history. Mark follows a drover's road between two glens and discovers the remnants of a lost way of life.

Scotland has a lost archaeological history - the ruins of thousands of townships and buildings which have never been recorded on any map, yet which tell the tale of life in a period of dramatic change. Mark Stephen follows attempts to uncover those stories before the buildings fade from the landscape.

On the Balmoral Estate, Mark meets a ranger who was astounded to learn that what he though was just a pile of stones was in fact the remains of a once-thriving farming township. And he follows a drovers road between two glens, discovering the remnants of a lost way of life. 

Producer Monise Durrani.

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