Ancient Woodland: History, Industry and Crafts

Seek out the hidden clues to the long and often complex history of our beautiful British woodlands with this wonderful new edition of Ian Rotherham’s guide to Ancient Woodland. These cultural landscapes are a true mix of nature with human history. Often hotly contested resources, carefully managed woodland faced conflicting demands from the Crown to peasantry, with local and national wood-based industries all leaving their marks on today’s woodland.