“Rae has been travelling to County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland for more than twenty years. Visiting almost annually, she has perhaps been there more than to any of her other chosen destinations. The ancient landscape of this wild Atlantic coast has proved a rich inspiration to her over these years. Here, as in the Lammermuirs, what seems to fascinate and inspire her most is the landscape’s witness to history...

Her favourite site in Mayo, the Céide Fields, is the epitome of this. The site is a complex Neolithic field system that was revealed not long ago with the discovery of miles of stone dykes buried beneath deep layers of peat.”