03-11-2015, 09:40 AM
Quote:Is there any poof that shows that these forests were even there at the time?
A lot of the time, no. However, woodland tends to grow in some areas more readily than others, and the northern slopes of the Chilterns seem to have been forested since before records began. Back in my Dunstable proposal I mentioned sources from the middle ages that suggested the area of the town was uncleared woodland - generally, if there was a forest there in pre-industrial times, I think we could guess (unless there is evidence to the contrary, later plantations etc) that there were trees there in the Roman period too.
Nathan Ross