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Book Synopsis Discover Prehistoric Dartmoor by : William D. Lethbridge
Download or read book Discover Prehistoric Dartmoor written by William D. Lethbridge and published by Dorset Books. This book was released on 2015-02-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enduring fascination of the Dartmoor landscape rests in large part with the presence of so many visible remains of our prehistoric ancestors. William Lethbridge encourages both the casual walker and the more intrepid explorers to follow in his footsteps in order to discover for themselves the hundreds of prehistoric sites and individual remains that lie on the open moor for all to see.
Book Synopsis The Dartmoor Reaves by : Andrew Fleming
Download or read book The Dartmoor Reaves written by Andrew Fleming and published by Windgather Press. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1988, The Dartmoor Reaves is a classic story of archaeological fieldwork and discovery, and a winner of the Archaeological Book Award. This major new edition adds both color illustrations and two substantial new chapters to the original groundbreaking text, which revolutionized our understanding of Britain's prehistoric landscapes. Dartmoor has long been known for the richness of its prehistoric heritage; stone circles, hut circles, massive burial cairns, and stone rows all pepper the landscape. In the 1970s a new dimension was added, with the recognition that the long-ignored reaves (ruined walls) are also prehistoric; Dartmoor now posed all sorts of questions about the nature of Bronze Age society. Andrew Fleming describes the critical moment when his own fieldwork picked up the pattern of the reaves, and he realized their true identity. His new chapters place Dartmoor's large-scale, planned, prehistoric landscapes in the context of other 'co-axial' field systems that have since been found elsewhere, and also discuss their meaning, in the light of the latest research on the Bronze Age.
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Dartmoor by : Paul Pettit
Download or read book Prehistoric Dartmoor written by Paul Pettit and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Dartmoor by : Paul Pettit
Download or read book Prehistoric Dartmoor written by Paul Pettit and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Dartmoor in Its Context by :
Download or read book Prehistoric Dartmoor in Its Context written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Dartmoor in Its Context by : Devon Archaeological Society. Jubilee Conference
Download or read book Prehistoric Dartmoor in Its Context written by Devon Archaeological Society. Jubilee Conference and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Discovery of Dartmoor by : Patricia Carolyn Milton
Download or read book The Discovery of Dartmoor written by Patricia Carolyn Milton and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early visitors to Dartmoor, that great granite mass dominating the centre of Devonshire, usually complained about its climate, agreeing that 'this one thinge is to be observed that all the yere through out commonly it rayneth or it is fowle wether in that more or desert'. Around the skirts of the moor, as a discomforted 18th-century traveller found, the terrain was difficult, 'the soil exceedingly swampy and moist, and covered with bogmoss', through which his horses' legs 'penetrated knee-deep at every step'. Faring no better, the high moor was judged as 'dreary in the extreme', of 'unprepossessing aspect', and presenting nothing of interest. William Gilpin, arbiter of the picturesque, hurried away, declaring that Brentor was 'so immersed in clouds' he could not even distinguish its shape. Town dwellers despised the moorlanders, 'said to be born Clowns, their Carriage being very rustic and ungainly, and their speech so coarse, corrupt, and uncouth, as to be scarcely intelligible to strangers'. Yet, somehow and at some time, perceptions of the region and its people changed. The climate became healthy and bracing, the terrain wild and wondrous. Dartmorians' voices sounded 'liquid', like the 'rapid purling of the little streams', and the vibrant quality of their lives became the envy of outsiders. Landscape artists discovered that the 'vagrant mists' would eventually dissolve, to reveal a wilderness of haunting beauty surmounting gentle wooded valleys. Within a broad social and cultural context, writers and artists have contributed to this transformation of Dartmoor and its dwellers in various ways. The area retains its rugged natural beauty, and, surrounded by urban and coastal development, remains a focus for the outdoor movement of the 20th and 21st centuries. This book is a major addition to the literature of Dartmoor.
Book Synopsis Theorising Tenure by : Helen Wickstead
Download or read book Theorising Tenure written by Helen Wickstead and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2008 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of tenure through analysis of land divisions in Bronze Age Dartmoor. Methods used include spatial analysis of land division and settlement patterns, metrological analysis, experimental reconstruction and synthesis of palaeoenvironmental, excavation and artefactual data.
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Archaeology by : Dartmoor National Park Authority
Download or read book Prehistoric Archaeology written by Dartmoor National Park Authority and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Archaeology of Dartmoor from the Air by : Tom Greeves
Download or read book The Archaeology of Dartmoor from the Air written by Tom Greeves and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor by : Phil Newman
Download or read book The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor written by Phil Newman and published by Historic England Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern visitor to Devon, travelling west into the region, is greeted by a panorama of the high ground and rocky outcrops of Dartmoor. In a county renowned for its 'rolling hills', Dartmoor's high moors, topped by granite tors, preside over the massive folds of its peripheral valleys, incised by the fast-moving moorland rivers and streams as they flow towards the hinterland. Dartmoor was designated as one of England's first National Parks in 1951. It is this natural beauty and tranquil, rural landscape that initially attracts visitors, but a fuller appreciation of this landscape is enhanced by knowledge of its cultural past. Dartmoor is southern England's largest upland tract, often promoted as 'England's last wilderness'. Nevertheless it is a maintained landscape. Its management began with traditional forms of hill farming and woodland management in the Neolithic, and continues to the present day. The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor describes and narrates Dartmoor's landscape history from 4000 BC to the present, analysing and summarising archaeological and historical studies from the 19th century onwards. A brief section describes Dartmoor's geological shape. Then its prehistoric settlement, Romano-British organisation, medieval character and early tin industry are described in turn. Next, Dartmoor's 19th- and 20th-century industrial landscape and heritage (tin, copper, silver-lead and China clay), and how they co-existed with traditional forms of upland farming, are described. Subsidiary industries (peat, gunpowder mills, ice works and tramways) and the moor's use for military training bring the narrative up to the present. A concluding summary assesses Dartmoor's history and ponders its future.
Book Synopsis A Book of Dartmoor by : S. Baring-Gould
Download or read book A Book of Dartmoor written by S. Baring-Gould and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-27 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Book of Dartmoor" by S. Baring-Gould is a captivating exploration of Dartmoor, a region in southwestern England known for its rugged beauty and rich history. Baring-Gould's book provides readers with a comprehensive view of Dartmoor, covering its landscapes, folklore, history, and culture. The narrative immerses readers in the unique character of Dartmoor, making it an essential read for those interested in British landscapes and cultural heritage.
Book Synopsis Settlement, Economy and Environment on Prehistoric Dartmoor by : Fred Hamond
Download or read book Settlement, Economy and Environment on Prehistoric Dartmoor written by Fred Hamond and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ANCIENT DARTMOOR. written by PAUL. WHITE and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The prehistoric landscape of dartmoor by : Andrew Fleming
Download or read book The prehistoric landscape of dartmoor written by Andrew Fleming and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dartmoor Sun written by Jack Walker and published by Halsgrove. This book was released on 2005 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Dartmoor Sun' author, engineer and scientist Jack Walker takes a scientific approach to exploring the mystery of the Dartmoor standing stones, linking them to other prehistoric sites across Britain and mainland Europe and offering an answer to how and why they were built.
Book Synopsis A Book of Dartmoor by : Sabine Baring-Gould
Download or read book A Book of Dartmoor written by Sabine Baring-Gould and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xvi. post bridge A filled-up lake-bed--Stannon--The great central trackway--Destruction of monuments--Cyclopean bridge--Blowing-house--Another up the river--Cut Hill--The Jack-o'-lantern--The maid and the lantern--Gathering lichens--Dyes--The coral moss--Birds--The cuckoo--The wren--Rooks and daddy longlegs--The Lych Way--Bellever Tor. acolony about a school-chapel and a few deformed beech trees in a basin among tors constitute Post Bridge. Here the East Dart flows through a filled-up lakebed, and passes away by a narrow cleft that it has sawn for itself through the granite. The beech trees were planted at the same time that two lodges were erected by a gentleman called Hullett, who was induced to believe that he could convert a portion of Dartmoor into paradise. He purposed building a mansion at Stannon, and actually began the house. But by the time the lodges were set up and a wing of his house, he had discovered that Dartmoor would spell ruin, and he threw up his attempt. And Dartmoor will spell ruin unless approached and treated in the only suitable manner. It will pasture cattle and feed ponies and sheep, but it will never grow corn and roots. The great central causeway crossed the modern road near the Dissenting chapel, and may be traced in the marsh aiming for the river, beyond which it ascends the hill and strikes along the brow behind Archerton. It is paved, and is a continuation of the old Fosse Way. It is certainly not Roman work, but British. Post Bridge has been termed, not accurately, a prehistoric metropolis of the moor. This is because round the ancient lake-bed were numerous pounds containing hut circles. Most of these have now been destroyed, yet one remains perfect--Broadun; and adjoining it is Broadun Ring, ..
