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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