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eBook details
- Title: Ancient Woodland
- Author : Ian Rotherham
- Release Date : January 10, 2013
- Genre: Europe,Books,History,Science & Nature,Nature,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 12537 KB
Description
Though most of us will have enjoyed strolling through beautiful British woodlands, we might not be aware of the ancient – and often complex – origins of our surroundings. From medieval times, woodlands were carefully managed commodities with hotly contested resources: conflicting demands from landowners, the Crown, the peasantry and local and national wood-based industries have all left their marks on today's woodland. Ian D. Rotherham here explains the various uses of British woods and their industries, such as coppicing, charcoal-burning, basket-making and bodging, and helps the reader to seek out the clues to their woodland's past.