03-11-2015, 10:13 AM
Quote:generally, if there was a forest there in pre-industrial times, I think we could guess (unless there is evidence to the contrary, later plantations etc) that there were trees there in the Roman period too.More difficult, I suspect, is to identify areas that may have been forested in Roman times but which were cleared in mediaeval and subsequent periods for agricultural and other purposes. What look like easy open approaches now may have been quite difficult in the first century.
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)