{"product_id":"swaledale-book-andrew-fleming-9781842173725","title":"Swaledale","description":"This is a reprint of the first edition, published in 1998 by  Edinburgh University Press. Now with an updated preface and  colour illustrations throughout, this beautiful book tells the  story of Swaledale, a well-loved part of the North Yorkshire  Pennines. It shows how the perspectives of archaeology, history  and ecology can be linked to transform our understanding of the  landscape.      Starting from the contemporary framework of the landscape with  its stone walls, field barns and hay meadows - characteristic  features which seem to reflect a way of life which has been here  since time immemorial - the author shows that this classic  Pennine landscape holds clues to the very different character of  the landscapes of the past. Behind the small family farm of  recent centuries lies the more communal way of life of the  medieval townships, the landscape of the Norse settlers, the Dark  Age kingdom of Swar, and the fields and farms of the Iron Age and  the Roman period.     Illustrated with line drawings and photographs, this illuminating  and extremely readable book reveals Swaledale's history and  archaeology, layer by layer. Earthworks, place-name patterns,  ancient walls and cairns on the moors, pollard trees, old maps,  footpaths, humps and bumps in the fields; all emerge with a story  to tell.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49587944718609,"sku":"GOR006409261","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51528032977169,"sku":"GOR009840322","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1842173723.jpg?v=1751027558","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/swaledale-book-andrew-fleming-9781842173725","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}