Taming a Wetland Wilderness: Romano-British and Medieval Reclamation in the Somerset Levels and Moors
Rippon, Stephen
Date: 2006
Publisher
Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society
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Abstract
[FIRST PARAGRAPH] Wetlands dominate the landscape of Somerset, and the drainage of the Levels and Moors represents a remarkable human achievement. These wetlands are quite rightly valued for
their nature conservation interest but they are far from a 'natural' environment: the wide range of freshwater flora and fauna that the Levels and ...
[FIRST PARAGRAPH] Wetlands dominate the landscape of Somerset, and the drainage of the Levels and Moors represents a remarkable human achievement. These wetlands are quite rightly valued for
their nature conservation interest but they are far from a 'natural' environment: the wide range of freshwater flora and fauna that the Levels and Moors support today are a direct result of a human transformation of this landscape and the flood defences and drainage systems are very special
cultural artefacts. This article is a summary of recent research into the creation of the 'historic landscape':
the pattern of fields, roads, settlements and watercourses that we use today, but which in many areas is over a thousand years old.
Archaeology and History
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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