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Ancient Trees, Living Landscapes (Paperback)
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Ancient Trees, Living Landscapes (Paperback)
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Over the last 25 years, archaeologists and historians have been
increasingly aware of the importance of woodland in the developing
British landscape - in particular, how trees have been a vital
component of the living cultural landscape. Ancient Trees, Living
Landscapes begins by questioning the myth that in prehistoric times
Britain was swathed in a virtually impenetrable wildwood. In fact,
from the earliest times woodland has been manipulated and
transformed. The author then looks at Britain's great 'landmark
trees', before examining the function of ancient trees and
hedgerows in the landscape. The Middle Ages saw the multiplication
of deer parks, with the special management needed to feed and
shelter deer and to give cover to stalkers. These, with their
lawns, groves and pollard-studded pastures, greatly influenced the
great landscape parks of the eighteenth century, developed by
Repton and Lancelot Brown. There are, too, important chapters on
the life and work of the Men of the Forest, and on Woodlands of the
Mind - the all-important symbolism of trees as well as their
utilitarian function in Britain's landscape. Throughout the book
Richard Muir, who describes himself as 'a Dalesman by birth, a Scot
by inclination', gives equal weight to the evidence from the north
of Britain, whereas earlier writers have concentrated on the south.
In an age when institutional interests are increasingly pervasive,
he stresses the importance of the work of the individual researcher
and amateur enthusiast.
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