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Hedgerow History - Ecology, History and Landscape Character (Paperback)
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Hedgerow History - Ecology, History and Landscape Character (Paperback)
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Oxbow says: For many years hedges have been the most common field
boundary in rural Britain, providing a stock-proof barrier, a field
boundary and a haven for wildlife. Despite this, they are rarely
studied in any detail in landscape archaeology. The authors of
Hedgerow History rightly argue that hedges, as an essential feature
of the landscape, their origins and development, are as worthy of
study as any other part of the landscape. Their book focuses on the
species content and diversity of hedges, how these came about and
how they changed over time. The introduction provides the
background to hedges in Britain, the development of field
boundaries, changes in fields and farming, especially the impact of
enclosure, hedgerow management, and methods of dating hedges. In an
attempt to evaluate the pioneering work of Hooper and Pollard in
the 1960s and 1970s, and gain insights into the diversity of hedges
and the possible human and animal reasons for it, Barnes and
Williamson carried out a detailed survey of hedgerows in Norfolk.
Finding 61 shrub species among the Norfolk hedgerows, they attempt
to tie this data in with evidence on geology, soils, climate,
woodland, enclosure, farming practices and historical factors, as
an indicator of the processes of continuity and change that have
taken place in the wider landscape.
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