Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Creating dry land in S.E. Lindsey (Lincolnshire, England) before ad 1550
Abstract A rise in sea-level in late Roman times created a large tidal wetland embayment which subsequently was subject to seaward invasion by freshwater fen. These ecosystems were colonized by Germanic and Danish immigrants and a gradual conversion to dry land was achieved, which was continued by later medieval communities, which included monasteries. A major technique was the bank, dividing salt-marsh and fen into compartments. These banks were used to contain both the sea and freshwater fen. A typical parish is used to exemplify these processes and to attempt to assign dates to the phases now visible in the landscape. The result is a set of dryland environments which nevertheless have historically been defined by water and which still rely on effective pumping to maintain their status. Comparison with the eastern shores of the North Sea is desirable though it is freely admitted that work in this area is not yet at the detailed level of reconstruction possible in some of the Low Countries.
Creating dry land in S.E. Lindsey (Lincolnshire, England) before ad 1550
Abstract A rise in sea-level in late Roman times created a large tidal wetland embayment which subsequently was subject to seaward invasion by freshwater fen. These ecosystems were colonized by Germanic and Danish immigrants and a gradual conversion to dry land was achieved, which was continued by later medieval communities, which included monasteries. A major technique was the bank, dividing salt-marsh and fen into compartments. These banks were used to contain both the sea and freshwater fen. A typical parish is used to exemplify these processes and to attempt to assign dates to the phases now visible in the landscape. The result is a set of dryland environments which nevertheless have historically been defined by water and which still rely on effective pumping to maintain their status. Comparison with the eastern shores of the North Sea is desirable though it is freely admitted that work in this area is not yet at the detailed level of reconstruction possible in some of the Low Countries.
Creating dry land in S.E. Lindsey (Lincolnshire, England) before ad 1550
Simmons, I. G. (Autor:in)
Water History ; 6 ; 211-225
27.04.2014
15 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Creating dry land in S.E. Lindsey (Lincolnshire, England) before ad 1550
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