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Image Credit: Robert GladstonePosted by GLADMAN 5th May 2011ce Edited 9th January 2015ce |
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| That's a lovely shot. |
Posted by thesweetcheat6th May 2011ce |
| Thanks SC. All these upland monuments clearly beg the question 'so where did the people live, then... before the hillforts came?' If you begin to study the 1:25K maps the picture begins to emerge (e.g the occupation within this lovely, sheltered cwm, within nearby Cwm Crew, upon the flanks of Fan Llia etc etc) although it would appear continuity of occupation right into post medieval times often confuses matters, with layer overlaying layer. I guess the original people simply chose the right sites first time of asking. So much for 'empty' mountain landscapes. The cwms would no doubt have echoed to the shouts of children back then. |
Posted by GLADMAN 7th May 2011ce |
| A very evocative comment Mr G. It is far too easy to forget the human habitation that must have surrounded the isolated upland monuments, the true sense of it often needs a visit to somewhere like White Hill or Drizzlecombe on Dartmoor to really bring the point home. The builders of the monuments lived cheek by jowl with "their" dead, much as village cemeteries to this day sit in the heart of the residential landscape. The dead are always with us, as they say. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 7th May 2011ce |
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