Reading the Irish LandscapeThis is the third revision of this seminal work. Co-authored by original author Frank Mitchell and now Michael Ryan, the result is a stunning collaboration between masters giving all the elements of the original book, modified, updated and further enhanced by the inclusion of a new narrative of Irish archaeology from the Stone Age to the Norman Invasion. Together they have successfully undertaken the daunting task of giving in one book the story of the shaping of the land from the beginning of time until now, by all tbe varying forces of nature, sea, climate, man and machine. The story takes in the shaping of the crust, the movement of glaciers, the first men and their primitive agriculture, their buildings and their effect on the forests, the growth of bogs, new migrations, the rise of the monasteries of the Early Christians and the castles of conquest, the devastation of war, urban growth, modern agriculture and afforestation, all set against the backdrop of the landscape, arguably one Ireland's most precious resources. |
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Page 46
... material is stratified gravel deposited by water ; onto this a skin of till has been plastered . Some sections exhibit small units of material which can only have been deposited by running water . It is difficult to picture water ...
... material is stratified gravel deposited by water ; onto this a skin of till has been plastered . Some sections exhibit small units of material which can only have been deposited by running water . It is difficult to picture water ...
Page 103
... materials as time went by . We have seen that the effect of cold was to refresh the soil parent material , either by the deposition of rock debris freshly crushed by ice action or by freeze- thaw disturbance and sludging bringing ...
... materials as time went by . We have seen that the effect of cold was to refresh the soil parent material , either by the deposition of rock debris freshly crushed by ice action or by freeze- thaw disturbance and sludging bringing ...
Page 104
... materials and the ground - water gley which is associated with a high water table , and occurs in low - lying areas . Decomposing plant material may accumulate on the surface of the soil ; if the plant layer remains thin , i.e. does not ...
... materials and the ground - water gley which is associated with a high water table , and occurs in low - lying areas . Decomposing plant material may accumulate on the surface of the soil ; if the plant layer remains thin , i.e. does not ...
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The Ice Age 1700000 to 13000 years ago 335 | 35 |
The End of the Ice Age | 81 |
Response to Warm Conditions 98 886 | 98 |
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