October 5, 2015 by john thomson barn
desolation
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Marilyn Sloper
Boy, that sure does look desolate. I remember reading that at one time Scotland was covered with trees/forests but (in some century - don't remember which one)the ones in charge (the English?) decided to make a profit out of selling the wood. Timber was cut and the landscape was destroyed with the...
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john thomson barn
Scotland was covered in what was called :The Great Caledonian forest" it stretched from end to end there are still small patches of it left it was mainly birch and scots-pine and oak. it first started to disappear during roman-times wood for roads bridges, growing crops and forts. then ships for the...
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