Gwent levels The evolution of a Wetland landscape

Name: Gwent levels The evolution of a Wetland landscape
ISBN: 9781872414638

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AuteurRippon S.

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Jaar1996

PublicatietypeBoek

Volume105

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Pagina’s148

UitgeverCouncil for British Archaeology

PlaatsYork

ISBN9781872414638

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Exemplaar42160 ReknummerT-7-4-f

Introduction: The Gwent Levels and the historic landscape study 1-13

A landscape perspective on the past, Wetlands from peat and prehistory to historic landscapes, Research in the Gwent Levels, ... , pp. 1-2
... The Gwent levels and their importance (Landform (Relief, Soils, Drainage), Nature conservation, Archaeology, The historic landscape), ... , pp. 2-6
... The creation of a reclaimed wetland landscape, ... , pp. 7-8
... The Gwent Levels Historic Landscape Study (Methodology (Definition of study area, Desk-top study, Fieldwork), The Sources (Cartographic sources, Documentary material, Place and field-names, ... , pp. 9-11
... Sources relating to the history of landuse, Earthwork evidence, Landscape characterisation)) , pp. 12-13

The prehistoric background: rising post-glacial sea level and the creation of the Levels 14-24

The palaeolithic, The mesolithic (The lower Wentlooge alluvium, Human exploitation of the mesolithic saltmarsh), The later mesolithic to Bronze Age (The "middle" Wentlooge peat complex, ... , pp. 14-17
... The main sequences (Uskmouth, Goldcliff, Caldicot Moor, Rumney Great Wharf), Human activity in the peatlands (The landscape setting, Caldicot Castle Lake, Internal discoveries)), ... , pp. 18-20
... Patterns of exploitation on the surrounding uplands, The Iron Age marine transgression (The "upper" Wentlooge alluvium, Human activity in the Iron Age saltmarsh) , pp. 21-24

From the roman period to the Dark Ages: Initial reclamation and the failure of sea defences 25-38

The Wentlooge landscape (Initial recognition of a Roman landscape, A counter argument, Survey and excavation in the intertidal zone, The extent of the survival of the Roman landscape)... , pp. 25-31
... The Caldicot Level (The Goldcliff Stone, Settlement and tidal creeks on the Caldicot Level, Fen-edge settlement), Post-roman flooding, The post -roamn landscape , pp. 32-38

The historic landscape: Drainage and exploitation of a reclaimed wetland 39-60

Systems of landscape exploitation, ... , p. 39
... The process of reclamation and resulting landscape morphology (Type A. :irregular landscapes, Type B. Planned landscapes (Regular Parliamentary, Regular Stripbased, Intermediate, Linear), ... , pp. 40-41
... Landscape elements (Settlements and standing buildings, Agriculture (Roads/droveways, Commons, Field structure, Field boundaries, Ridging, Agricultural landuse), ... , pp. 42-53
... Natural resource exploitation (Withies and woodland, Duck decoys, Fisheries, Lakes and pools, Seasonality), ... , pp. 54-56
... Trade and industry (Windmills, Watermills, Ports), The drainage system (Ahierarchy of drainage channels, Walls, Sea walls), The administration of the drainage system ... , pp. 57-60

The high medieval landscape: The Norman conquest, marcher lords, monastic houses and reclamation 61-96

... Maintenance of the drainage system (Monksditch, Rumney), ... , pp. 68-71
... The emergence of the landscape on Caldicot (Redwick (Settlements and street commons, The earliest boudaries, The southern common fields, Broadmead, Northern common fields, ... , pp. 72-75
... An abandoned episode of drainage?), Early fen-edge enclosures (The Poolhead Valley, Early reclamations aroud Caldicot Moor)),... , pp. 75-77
... The monastic estates (The granges of Tintern abbey (Lower Grange, Grangefield and Tintern's "New Grange"), Goldcliff Priory and the reclamation of south western Caldicot (Goldcliff Priory, ... , pp. 78-82
... The parish and village of Goldcliff, Porton, Whitson)), ... , pp. 83-86
... The St Pierre and Mathern / Chepstow Levels, The Level of Mendalgrief, Reclamation in the Wentlooge Level, The Cardiff Moors, ... , pp. 87-89
... Development of the settlement pattern in the medieval period, The town and port of Magor, Common moors, Landuse) , pp. 92-96
A late Saxon presence?, The Norman conquest, Early estates, The English colonization (Settlements, Open fields), The nestablishment of manors, Domesday, , pp. 61-66
... The process of reclamation (The context, English colonization, Survivals from the Roman landscape, The responsablity for sea-wall construction), ... , pp. 67-68

The late medieval and post-medieval periods: A latemedieval crisis and the shift to pastoralism 97-107

The 14th century crisis?, Coastal retreat along the Gwent Levels (The late medieval period, the great flood of 1606-7),... , pp. 97-99
... Early post-medieval economic specialisation (Landuse, Reclamation and enclosure, Regional specialism and the role of Bristol)... , pp. 100-102
... Early post-medieval population trends, ... , p. 103
... The Later Post-medieval period (Later post-medieval land use, The enclosure movement, Population, Settlement, Continued coastal erosion and saltmarsh recalmation) , pp. 104-107

The future 108-122

The extent of landscape loss (Development pressures, Proposed developments, Green developments, Protective measures, Agricultural improvement), ... , pp. 108-117
... Assessment of the "historic" landscape (Introduction, Methodology) , pp. 118-122

Conclusions 123-128

The creation of the Gwent Levels, Themes in the landscape, Understanding a landscape, The future, Glossary) , pp. 123-129

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