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出版Frances Lincoln, 2007
主題History / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralNature / GeneralNature / Environmental Conservation & ProtectionNature / Plants / TreesScience / Earth Sciences / Geology
ISBN07112265399780711226531
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=6FtGvgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Hampstead Heath is London's favourite open space, walked over by thousands ever day of the year. It also offers Londoners the ultimate treasure hunt, for youan find on the Heath both the traces of an extraordinary geological structurend the marks of mankind's relationship with the landscape over the past millenium. In this richly illustrated book, the authors unveil what anyone strollin on the Heath can look out for, including: a geological structure which is uniue for London, and allows a very particular flora; veteran trees which enrichhe Heath by the remarkable range of biodiversity which they encourage; the 'ghsts' of ancient woodland and hedgerows some of which date back to the Middle Aes, and possibly beyond; the boundaries laboriously dug in Anglo-Saxon times t demarcate one estate from another; and, the traces of the great landscape esttes of the eighteenth century, of which Kenwood is now the sole survivor.;And,s the authors explain, we hardly know how lucky we are, for the Heath would hve been covered in housing had it not been for our determined, cunning and genrous forebears, who outwitted the landowners step by step to secure the landsc