Royce Perry wrote: > Any one know if Orkney had forests in an earlier time,,like Neolithic or > bronze/iron age? Or has it always been a bit sparse on trees? Sigurd's site has a whole page on Orkney's landscape at <http://www.orkneyjar.com/orkney/orkland.htm> or <http://tinyurl.com/25oebm> -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney <www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont> "I’m sorry, you have reached an imaginary number. Please rotate your telephone 90 degrees and dial again"

I will give it a look when I have a little time to read. R -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay) Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 9:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Wind Royce Perry wrote: > Any one know if Orkney had forests in an earlier time,,like Neolithic or > bronze/iron age? Or has it always been a bit sparse on trees? Sigurd's site has a whole page on Orkney's landscape at <http://www.orkneyjar.com/orkney/orkland.htm> or <http://tinyurl.com/25oebm> -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney <www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont> "I'm sorry, you have reached an imaginary number. Please rotate your telephone 90 degrees and dial again" ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Pollen studies show that after the Ice Age Orkney was covered by scrubby trees, which gave way to grass and moorland by before 4000BC, perhaps under the influence of people and their grazing animals.