Fenland: Its Ancient Past and Uncertain Future

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Ecological background 3. Pollen analysis 4. Bog oaks and buried forests 5. Flandrian deposits and the Fenland Research Committee 6. Shippea Hill and the natural bed of the River Little Ouse 7. The Lower Peat and the Fen Clay 8. The Upper Peat: hoards and trackways 9. Iron Age hiatus, roddons and Romans 10. Extinct meres and shell-marl 11. Conspectus and historical framework 12. Peat and its winning 13. The loss of the peat: shrinkage and wastage 14. Fenland drainage 15. Ancient crops, natural and cultivated 16. Lost and vanishing species: conservation References Index.