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| I suspect forests and woods rely on new plantations something they probably wouldn't have done in the Bronze Age, it was just a natural resource, renewal on most of our uplands would have been difficult. For instance on the Yorkshire moors there is a 'pan' just below the surface making it difficult to dig. Modern conifer forests are an eyesore on our moors and also in Scotland where we have been recently. The hillsides were scarred by wholesale cutting of the trees, it resembled a moonscape of barrenness. Though we blame the prehistoric people for creating all these moors, which don't forget we now find our stone circles and burial barrows on more easily, tree cutting by Scandinavians, Saxons and then the medieval period would also decimate the great forests. In the end humans make their landscapes, Wistman Wood is but a relic from the past, nature renews itself if we let it, or even take a more active role as in the new Northern Forest, which I am a bit cynical about.. https://www.woodlandtrust.org.[...]g/2018/01/new-northern-forest/ Reply | with quote |  2nd July 2018ce 06:25 In reply to: Re: Neolithic/Bronze Age deforestation in UK (Monganaut)2 replies: Re: Neolithic/Bronze Age deforestation in UK (tomatoman) Re: Neolithic/Bronze Age deforestation in UK (Monganaut) |
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