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Cornerstones: Subterranean Writings; from Dartmoor to the Arctic Circle

Cornerstones: Subterranean Writings; from Dartmoor to the Arctic Circle

Gillian Clarke
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However concealed it may be, Britain’s bedrock geology profoundly determines what we see around us – not just landforms but also our built environment. From Aberdeen, nicknamed “the granite city” to Bath, constructed from warm, honey-coloured limestone, rocks shape our world.
In Cornerstones , some of Britain’s leading landscape and nature writers consider the depth of their relationships with the ground beneath their feet. Distinguished by a strong sense of place and characterised by close observation, these essays take the reader out into the landscape and convey the tactile heft, grain and rub of the rock, showing how it shapes our landscapes.
Adapted from the successful BBC Radio Three series, Cornerstones explores how different rock types give rise to their own distinct flora and fauna, and even affect our food. Some of the contributors express awe at the abyss of time that is locked into the lie of the land – like Sara Maitland grasping the extraordinary journey through time and space taken by Lewisian gneiss, while Alan Garner captures the way in which flint has enabled and accompanied human evolution, from the earliest times.
Language
English
Pages
192
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Little Toller Books
Release
July 23, 2018
ISBN
1908213639
ISBN 13
9781908213631

Cornerstones: Subterranean Writings; from Dartmoor to the Arctic Circle

Gillian Clarke
4.5/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
However concealed it may be, Britain’s bedrock geology profoundly determines what we see around us – not just landforms but also our built environment. From Aberdeen, nicknamed “the granite city” to Bath, constructed from warm, honey-coloured limestone, rocks shape our world.
In Cornerstones , some of Britain’s leading landscape and nature writers consider the depth of their relationships with the ground beneath their feet. Distinguished by a strong sense of place and characterised by close observation, these essays take the reader out into the landscape and convey the tactile heft, grain and rub of the rock, showing how it shapes our landscapes.
Adapted from the successful BBC Radio Three series, Cornerstones explores how different rock types give rise to their own distinct flora and fauna, and even affect our food. Some of the contributors express awe at the abyss of time that is locked into the lie of the land – like Sara Maitland grasping the extraordinary journey through time and space taken by Lewisian gneiss, while Alan Garner captures the way in which flint has enabled and accompanied human evolution, from the earliest times.
Language
English
Pages
192
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Little Toller Books
Release
July 23, 2018
ISBN
1908213639
ISBN 13
9781908213631

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