BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Dig finds camp of 'real Crusoe'

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Dig finds camp of 'real Crusoe': "Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of the campsite of a marooned sailor who is said to have inspired the fictional castaway Robinson Crusoe.

The findings, carried in the journal Post-Medieval Archaeology, follow digs on a Pacific island west of Chile.

Daniel Defoe is believed to have based Crusoe on Alexander Selkirk, a Scotsman rescued from the island in 1709.

Evidence suggests the sailor built two shelters near a stream, with a look-out point to watch for approaching ships."