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Star Carr Under Threat ?????????????????

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Rhiannon Oct 23, 2007 15:41:35

Replying to Pagan-Ronnie

Here's something useful
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba96/feat3.shtml
and it links to this
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/Projects/StarCarrWebsite/index.htm
I wonder if the surrounding area (or the actual area?) is being drained (for farming reasons) and that's sucking all the water out of the carr. They don't seem to come out and say that directly, I'm not sure.

moss Oct 23, 2007 17:44:51

Replying to Rhiannon

Rhiannon wrote:

Think its happened over a long period the draining of the peat land, intensive farming has'nt helped but there seems to be a move to restoring the wetlands at Cayton and Flixton Carrs its on the web with a very large link. Star Carr seems to be on the edge of old Flixton Lake.
Even English Heritage has a wetland strategy/inventory plan which includes the Sweet Track and Lake Village at Glastonbury.

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/wetlands_strategy.pdf