In May 1692 a man was found dead at the top of a sacred hill. His name was Robert Kirk, the minister of Aberfoyle, who had spent the last years of his young life studying the fairy world. Kirk's book "The Secret Commonwealth" would be the best preserved document of ancient Scottish fairy belief. But after his death rumours began that Kirk had not died, but the fairies had kidnapped him and taken him to the fairy realm. But how much of Kirk's legacy is legend, and what does he mean for us today?

Interviews with

• Award winning Gaelic folk musician Julie Fowlis
• Professor of history, Dr Lizanne Henderson
• Professor of History and Gaelic Culture, Dr Domhnall Ullieam Stiubhart
• The Rev Dr Emsley Nimmo, from St Margaret's Church in Aberdeen
• Local Aberfoyle writer John MacDonald
• and my own partner in crime, Erin Burden

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