tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post7938635698804973786..comments2024-03-18T10:40:00.766+00:00Comments on A Kilchoan Diary: RoserootJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-10627053555977039432013-07-05T16:10:28.203+01:002013-07-05T16:10:28.203+01:00Many thanks for the reference, also for the very u...Many thanks for the reference, also for the very useful point about sorrel. JonJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-8663920555284546312013-07-03T12:34:01.802+01:002013-07-03T12:34:01.802+01:00Jon, I recommend Allen and Hatfield's Medicina...Jon, I recommend Allen and Hatfield's Medicinal Plants In Folk Tradition - An Ethnobotany of Britain and Ireland ISBN 0-88192-638-8. Although light on details about radiola it is nonetheless excellent, with a superb bibliography. I have found that on Scotlands north west coast present day patches of medicinal plants can be a clue to identifying long abandoned former settlement sites. Sorrel is a particularily good example, seeming to have been widely grown pre clearances, and is a dogged survivor. Find some, and odds on you've found former habitation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com