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Glastonbury Tor

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juamei J
juamei Feb 25, 2010 00:14:12
Replying to Mustard

The land drained for farming was transformed for profit. Monks and Romans were very big on making money.
You've hit the nail on the head there. If they were putting the effort in to create the dyke system throughout the levels, why ignore the hill in their midst.

J juamei
juamei Feb 25, 2010 00:41:12
Replying to juamei

The hill I mentioned next to Stantonbury fort is Winsbury Hill. You can see terracing on the north west side clearly in this google map:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=marksbury&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.478806,28.256836&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Marksbury,+Avon,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.365906,-2.474477&spn=0.003215,0.006899&t=h&z=17

M Mustard
Mustard Feb 25, 2010 09:43:34
Replying to juamei

juamei wrote:
The land drained for farming was transformed for profit. Monks and Romans were very big on making money.
You've hit the nail on the head there. If they were putting the effort in to create the dyke system throughout the levels, why ignore the hill in their midst.
Because the levels were drained for grazing land - not for agriculture. You don't need to terrace the tor to throw a few cows on it.