Medieval Devon and Cornwall - Sam Turner

The countryside of Devon and Cornwall preserves an unusually
rich legacy from its medieval past. This book explores the
different elements which go to make up this historic landscape -
the chapels, crosses, castles and mines; the tinworks and strip
fields; and above all, the intricately worked counterpane of
hedgebanks and winding lanes. Between AD 500 and 1700, a series
of revolutions transformed the structure of the South West
Peninsula's rural landscape. The book tells the story of these
changes, and also explores how people experienced the landscape
in which they lived: how they came to imbue places with symbolic
and cultural meaning. Contributors include: Ralph Fyfe on the
pollen evidence of landscape change; Sam Turner on the Christian
landscape; Peter Herring on both strip fields and Brown Willy,
Bodmin Moor; O. H. Creighton and J. P. Freeman on castles; Phil
Newman on tin working; and Lucy Franklin on folklore and imagined
landscapes.