Fenland

The features so characteristic of the Fenland its flatness its flooding its vast stretches of silt land and black peat its drainage channels meres buried forests abundant water fowl and aquatic plants its special crops all relate to the special conditions in which the Fenland was formed and ultimately was taken over by man. This is the story by one of the active participants of how the researches of natural scientists biologists geologists geographers historians and archaeologists over the last fifty years have by active co-operation and the use of modern techniques reconstructed Fenland history through the last 10000 years and have provided fresh understanding both of its ancient past and its uncertain future. It is the only such synthesis for either specialist or general reader in a hundred years and it is written in simple non-technical language and fully illustrated both by photographs and drawings.