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Lost Gardens of Hertfordshire: The Archaeology of Designed Landscapes

Lost Gardens of Hertfordshire: The Archaeology of Designed Landscapes

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Garden WritingGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 1912260751
ISBN13: 9781912260751
Publisher: Hertfordshire Publications
Published: Apr 1 2026
Pages: 288
Language: English
Archaeology can transform our knowledge of the history of gardens and designed landscapes. Terraces, viewing mounts, pools and other features of the great gardens laid out around elite residences at various times in the past can leave impressive earthwork traces; long-lost walls and garden buildings may be revealed by aerial photography or remote sensing techniques such as Lidar. Landscape parks, moreover, often contain the fossilised traces of the working countryside that was swept away when they were created, providing important information about the ' genius of the place' which was consulted when they were first designed. Hertfordshire is particularly rich in such remains. Proximity to London ensured, from an early date, an active land market and a rapid turn-over of properties. In this fascinating and innovative study - the outcome of several decades of research - systematic field survey and the analysis of aerial photographs and Lidar images are combined with the evidence of early maps and documents to reconstruct the appearance and hist

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