Download or read book Landscape of Dartmoor written by J. Salmon Limited and published by . This book was released on 1999-05 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perfect Devon written by Jen Bryant and published by . This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The photographs in this book have been chosen to reflect the very best of Devon's varied and quite beautiful landscape. From sweeping coastlines to verdant pastures, and from deep valleys to high moorland views, this book demonstrates just how perfect Devon can be.
Download or read book Dartmoor Tors Compendium written by Josephine M. Collingwood and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dartmoor written by Josephine M. Collingwood and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quartz and Feldspar written by Matthew Kelly and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Granite, a tough composite of quartz, feldspar and mica, is the stuff of Dartmoor, the most formidable of the five granite bosses punctuating Britainâe(tm)s southwest peninsula. A miserable place of rain and bog or a sunny upland of exquisite natural beauty, here the elements are raw, the sky huge and nature seems ascendant. But it is no less a place made by human beings. Stone circles, crosses, dwellings and boundaries speak of the ancient, medieval and modern people that extracted a living from the moorscape and created what it is today. Where convicts are incarcerated, backpackers roam freely; where commoners graze livestock, the army is trained; where the National Park Authority exercises control, the Duchy of Cornwall claims ownership. And Dartmoor remains a place that provides. Reservoirs hold the water drunk by local people. China clay is extracted from its mineral reserves. Not long ago granite was quarried from its hillsides. What is modern Dartmoor and what should it be? Did druids officiate here? Can the bog be drained and crops grown? Is it the place for a prison? And what of its peopleâe(tm)s future, and the fate of its ponies, cows and sheep? For three hundred years such questions have been asked of the moor. Quartz and Feldspar does not so much provide answers as unearth those who did and the arguments they provoked.
Download or read book The Evolution of a Dartmoor Landscape written by Peter Keene and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Book of Dartmoor written by Sandy Gerrard and published by Batsford. This book was released on 1997 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charts the moor's development over time, examining themes such as settlement, agriculture, industry, and rituals.
Download or read book Geological Landscapes of Britain written by Julian Ashbourn and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-26 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the geological history of Britain from the early geological formation of the British Isles, through to the variety of currently visible rock formations and ensuing natural landscapes. It is presented as an accessible narrative which may be utilised in a variety of educational contexts, or simply enjoyed as an holistic overview of the subject. It additionally provides an important visual record of British geology in the 21st century via a portfolio of high quality, scientifically accurate photographs, which are themselves part of a larger collection, being developed to become the definitive image library for British geoscience. In addition, the book provides an insight into the relationship between the geology of Britain and how early settlers interacted with the landscape throughout Mesolithic and Neolithic times. It is a book which serves equally as a scientific reference, an introduction to the subject of British geology and, no doubt, as an edition which will remain a pleasure to own in its own right.
Download or read book The Fight for Beauty written by Fiona Reynolds and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a world where the drive for economic growth is crowding out everything that can’t be given a monetary value. We’re stuck on a treadmill where only the material things in life gain traction and it’s getting harder to find space for the things that really matter but money can’t buy, including our future. Fiona Reynolds proposes a solution that is at once radical and simple – to inspire us through the beauty of the world around us. Delving into our past, examining landscapes, nature, farming and urbanisation, she shows how ideas about beauty have arisen and evolved, been shaped by public policy, been knocked back and inched forward until they arrived lost in the economically-driven spirit of today. A passionate, polemical call to arms, The Fight for Beauty presents an alternative path forward: one that, if adopted, could take us all to a better future.
Download or read book Landscapes Decoded written by Susan Oosthuizen and published by Univ of Hertfordshire Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting the research into the landscape history of the Bourn Valley, west of Cambridge, this book is published as the first volume in a series of mid-length monographs on unusual subjects within local and regional history. It is illustrated throughout with maps and photos.
Download or read book Dartmoor written by P. K. Klemen and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Interpreting the Landscape written by Michael Aston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most places in Britain have had a local history written about them. Up until this century these histories have addressed more parochial issues, such as the life of the manor, rather than explaining the features and changes in the landscape in a factual manner. Much of what is visible today in Britain's landscape is the result of a chain of social and natural processes, and can be interpreted through fieldwork as well as from old maps and documents. Michael Aston uses a wide range of source material to study the complex and dynamic history of the countryside, illustrating his points with aerial photographs, maps, plans and charts. He shows how to understand the surviving remains as well as offering his own explanations for how our landscape has evolved.
Download or read book Making Sense of an Historic Landscape written by Stephen Rippon and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2012-07-12 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores how the archaeologist or historian can understand variations in landscapes. Making use of a wide range of sources and techniques, including archaeological material, documentary sources, and maps, Rippon illustrates how local and regional variations in the 'historic landscape' can be understood.
Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Geographical Knowledge written by John A Agnew and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broad in scope and edited by two massive names in geography, this is a critical exploration of how the field has emerged and fared over the course of its modern institutionalization.
Download or read book Panoramic Dartmoor written by Adrian Oakes and published by . This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its wide open sweeps and vast expanses of moorland, Dartmoor has a unique character all of its own. 'Panoramic Dartmoor' provides a unique pictorial account of this dramatic landscape.
Download or read book Handbook of Landscape Archaeology written by Bruno David and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-03 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 80 archaeologists from four continents create a benchmark volume of the ideas and practices of landscape archaeology, covering the theoretical and the practical, the research and conservation, and encasing the term in a global framework.
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:
