Woodland is central to much current discourse concerning the future forms of Scotland's rural landscapes and environment, with expansion of 'native woodland' to reverse millennia of anthropogenic mismanagement forming a common strand in many proposals for remediation/rewilding. Whilst historic woodland decline is a well-attested given, what is poorly understood in much of the discourse and associated proposals is the chronology of decline, the factors driving it, and regional variation in the dates and processes involved. In my talk, I will focus on the woodland history of one of the least well researched regions at the Highland/Lowland interface, along the southern edge of the Mounth westwards from Glen Esk to Strathardle and south through Strathmore to the Tay estuary and coast. Using climate data, archaeology, historic maps and documents, I will explore a sample of the evidence for woodland extent and woodland management and uses within this region from the mid-12th to mid-18th centuries.

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