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Dry Stone Walls: History and Heritage by Professor Angus J.L. Winchester (Englis

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ISBN-13
9781445651484
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Dry stone walls create much of the character of upland landscapes across Britain. How do we go about dating dry stone walls? Why were they built and by whom? This book seeks answers to these questions and also suggests how walls themselves may be 'read' as historical evidence, shedding light on past farming practice and the history of local communities. The first part of the book traces the history of dry stone walls from medieval times to the present. The standard form of most dry stone walls probably dates from Tudor times but the great era of wall-building in the uplands took place comparatively recently, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. There are numerous regional variations: 'Galloway dykes' in south-west Scotland; stone slab fences, found from Orkney to mid-Wales; 'consumption' walls, built to absorb vast quantities of stone from the fields. The second part of the book looks at dry stone walls as part of Britain's cultural heritage. The walls themselves contain evidence of why they were built and how they functioned as part of the hill farming system. They sometimes preserve information about their builders and owners or evidence of lost features in the landscape.

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Publisher
Amberley Publishing
ISBN-10
1445651483
ISBN-13
9781445651484
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Book Title
Dry Stone Walls : History and Heritage
Number of Pages
96 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Architecture
Type
Textbook
Author
Angus J. L. Winchester
Format
Paperback

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Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
10.5 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Height
235mm
Width
165mm

Additional Product Features

Date of Publication
15/12/2016
Subject
Natural History: Animal & Wildlife
Intended Audience
Trade
Place of Publication
Chalford
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Author Biography
Angus J.L. Winchester is Professor of Local and Landscape History at Lancaster University. He has published widely on the history of the countryside of northern England and has particular research interests in the landscape of Cumbria. His books include 'The Harvest of the Hills: rural life in northern England and the Scottish Borders' (2000), 'England's Landscape 8: The North West' (with A. G. Crosby, 2006) and 'Discovering Parish Boundaries' (revised edition 2000).
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180

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