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The Langdales: Landscape and Prehistory in a Lakeland Valley

by Mark Edmonds

The Langdales in the Lake District have inspired poets and artists for centuries and, perhaps partly because of the spectacular scenery, they have been home to people since the Neolithic. This well-illustrated exploration of the prehistoric occupation of the Langdales combines an archaeological with an aesthetic approach. Landscape archaeology, poetry and Romanticism go hand in hand here. Clearly inspired by the crags, peaks and valleys, as well as the role of the region in the Romantic imagination, Mark Edmonds attempts to `get under the skin' of the land, looking at how prehistoric populations left their mark in stone, wood and earth, in the form of axes, rock carvings, enclosures, cut peat, burnt charcoal, woodland camps, pathways, quarries and stone circles. The book also considers the archaeological remnants of more recent centuries as well as the history of tourism in the Langdales and the inevitable erosion that has ensued. One of Edmonds' aims is to reveal what it is about the Langdales that has drawn people to them for thousands of years whilst encouraging us to tread with care. 223p, many b/w illus (Tempus 2004)

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