Stone on Stone (eBook)

The story of Britain's drystone walls - and the people who made them
Artikelnummer: 978-1-85675-596-2
Einband: Adobe Digital Editions
Verfügbarkeit: Noch nicht erschienen, April 2027
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Drystone walls, built of stone and air, are an integral part of the British landscape. These expertly crafted structures are widely admired, yet often overlooked. But who made them, how have they endured over hundreds of years, and why are they so deeply tied to our cultural heritage?

Inspired by a well-loved wall from her Scottish childhood, writer Laura Parker goes in search of answers as she travels across the British Isles along these historic boundaries. From neolithic tombs to modern Cotswold garden walls, Laura discovers the fascinating stories of these walls, and encounters the people deeply connected to them - Welsh wallers, Yorkshire farmers, Lake poets, and the Mourne Mountains' men of granite.

Stone on Stone is a luminous journey into our rural past, and a rediscovery of what these walls mean to us today.

Drystone walls, built of stone and air, are an integral part of the British landscape. These expertly crafted structures are widely admired, yet often overlooked. But who made them, how have they endured over hundreds of years, and why are they so deeply tied to our cultural heritage?

Inspired by a well-loved wall from her Scottish childhood, writer Laura Parker goes in search of answers as she travels across the British Isles along these historic boundaries. From neolithic tombs to modern Cotswold garden walls, Laura discovers the fascinating stories of these walls, and encounters the people deeply connected to them - Welsh wallers, Yorkshire farmers, Lake poets, and the Mourne Mountains' men of granite.

Stone on Stone is a luminous journey into our rural past, and a rediscovery of what these walls mean to us today.

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VerlagOctopus
EinbandAdobe Digital Editions
Erscheinungsjahr2027
Seitenangabe320 S.
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
Abbildungenblack and white line drawings
PlattformEPUB
AutorParker, Laura

Über den Autor Laura Parker

Laura grew up on a hill farm in the Scottish Borders, a landscape characterised by its drystone walls. Laura now lives in the Cotswolds, another 'wall-bounded landscape'. Not far from her home is one of the oldest drystone walls in the world, the 3,500-year-old, exquisitely constructed Belas Knap long barrow. Laura Parker is a regular contributor to Country Life.

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