Volume 5
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Volume 5, edited by Martin Limbert. Published 1998. Pp.(two)[i]-viii,1-65(five); eight figures and two drawings.
Monochrome photographic cover and frontispiece (Wm Bunting, Adders). Price £2.50 + p&p £1.25
| The Natural Harvest of Thorne Moors | Martin Limbert |
In parallel with the direct exploitation of Thorne Moors peat, there has been a long history
of garnering the moorland's 'natural' harvest. This has involved taking and using the
plants and animals living on the peat and associated wetlands, and locating and removing
the preserved timber beneath. Published references, folk memory and modern experience
collectively provide enough data to give some understanding of past attitudes to this
elemental wealth. Most of the located information quoted here pertains to the 19th and
20th centuries. Details from the 18th century and earlier are included where available, but
these references are added only for the contexts that they offer. The main divisions of the paper are as follows:
- the paludified timber
- Exploiting the living flora
- The invertebrate legion
- Cold-blooded vertebrates
- Game
- Vermin
- Birds’ eggs
- Duck decoying
- The Thorne moors decoys
- Casson’s garden
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