Enclosed land

Enclosed landscape, small, often rectangular strips of land, lumped piecemeal, some smaller than half a hectare, each enclosed by hedgerows or low stone walls in a gently sloping landscape. Ex.: Bretagne (FR), Normandie (FR), N-W Denmark, Wales, S-W Scotland, E-Ireland, Croatia, French: Bocage, see also Semi-Bocage.

Source: MEEUS et al. (1990), p. 307.

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Isle of Man, enclosed fields, with stone walls (Photo: Graham FAIRCLOUGH 07/2003)

Isle of Man, enclosed fields, with stone walls (Photo: Graham FAIRCLOUGH 07/2003)

Database entries forEnclosed land

Research: Goran Andlar, Filip Šrajer; upload: Bénédicte Gaillard.

 

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Research: Zdeněk Kučera; upload: Bénédicte Gaillard: The entries are still in process

 

In broad definition = landscapes partitioned by stonewalls and balks in a more or less regular pattern

Research: Alexandra Kruse & Bénédicte Gaillard; upload: Bénédicte Gaillard. The entries are still in progress.

 

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Research: Alexandra Kruse & Michael Roth; upload: Bénédicte Gaillard. The entries are still in process.

 

Fields can be enclosed by plants (initially planted) or with stones. The stones vary from region to region, according to geological aspects. The origin of the stones (in northern Germany) are the… [Read more]

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Research: Viviana Ferrario, Maurizia Sigura et al.; upload: Bénédicte Gaillard. The entries are still in process.

 

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Research: Hans Renes; upload: Bénédicte Gaillard. The entries are still in process.

Research: Sebastian Eiter, Oskar Puschmann et al, NIBIO Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research; upload: Bénédicte Gaillard

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Research: Martina Slámová, Jana Špulerová, Marta Dobrovodská, Dagmar Štefunková; upload: Bénédicte Gaillard. The entries are still in process.

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Second half of the 14th century: reference of semi-openfields in Mondoñedo (Galicia)
First reference in XVIII century (Bouhier, 1979)
Boom: XIX and first half of XX century
After 1950s: Intensive systems
1960s: Breaking-up with traditional farming
1970s: Agricultural policy
1980s: Expansion of forestry
1986: Spain joins EU: milk and meat production development

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