Thursday 30 August 2018

Medieval Strip Fields on Island of Portland

This ancient field system has also persisted on the island of Portland in Dorset (the Mesolithic reconstruction in the foreground depicts a much earlier human life-style). So the development on the Gower is an interesting experiment, encouraging biodiversity that might well be tried elsewhere (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/29/return-of-strip-field-farming-creates-haven-for-rare-species-in-south-wales).

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