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Landscape Detective - Discovering a Countryside (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 3 580
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Landscape Detective - Discovering a Countryside (Paperback)
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Loot Price R358
Discovery Miles 3 580
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The countryside is a gigantic puzzle which contains within its
intricate pattern of lanes, woods and farmsteads the keys to its
history. This book takes the reader through the process of
landscape detection, by way of a journey through a fascinating
landscape in the Yorkshire Dales. Richard Muir shows how exploring
landscape history can be compared to investigating a crime. The
detective analyses different kinds of evidence to construct what
happened, when and why. Along the way he or she has to think
logically, to interpret all sorts of complex evidence, and be
prepared to abandon false trails. Gradually, as the evidence
accumulates, the past comes to life. It is much easier to
understand how the process works if you actually look at a
particular landscape. Ripley township covers only a few square
miles, but crams a wealth of features into its tiny territory. The
author finds a 'lost' Roman road, reveals field-systems dating from
Anglo-Saxon times, and finds oak trees, which may date from the
time of Domesday Book, still alive in the deer park. He recreates
the appearance of deserted medieval villages, discovers a lost
formal garden, and evaluates the impact of landscaping and
Parliamentary Enclosure. The end result is a chronicle of the past
times of Ripley, the story of a landscape. One of the great joys of
landscape history is that the techniques employed here can be
adopted by any reader who wants to understand his or her own patch
of countryside. This is a book which is sure to stimulate the
imagination.
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