Trees and barrows

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Kammer K
Kammer Apr 24, 2007 12:30:27
Replying to head-first

Wasn't it an eighteenth century fashion to plant trees on barrows? I think the landed gentry were the culprets.

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H head-first
head-first Apr 24, 2007 13:47:38
Replying to Kammer

Oh dear, I was hoping they'd be a bit more significant than a bit of aristocratic landscape gardening! ;o)

W Wiggy
Wiggy Apr 24, 2007 14:20:09
Replying to Kammer

This is what I heard. I think the Xtian Church may have encouraged this practice. It sort of fits in with all the stuff that happened to stone circles as well (telling stories about the Devil turning people to stone, building on top of them, etc).