Source/Archive record (Published document) SNT5332 - Caught in a trap: landscape and climate implications of the insect fauna from a Roman well in Sherwood Forest

Title Caught in a trap: landscape and climate implications of the insect fauna from a Roman well in Sherwood Forest
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Date/Year 2018

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Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire is often considered a well-preserved ancient landscape, subsequently having survived by way of centuries of management as a hunting preserve. Archaeological evidence suggests otherwise, with an enclosed landscape beginning in the pre-Roman Iron Age and continuing through the Roman period. Due to the nature of the region’s soils, however, there is little empirical, palaeoecological evidence on its environmental history prior to the medieval period. This paper presents an insect fauna from a Roman well in a small enclosure in north Nottinghamshire, on the edge of Sherwood Forest, and its interpretation in terms of contemporary land use. Wells and small pools act as large pitfall traps and may effectively sample aspects of the local and regional insect fauna. The Wild Goose Cottage fauna and its environmental implications are also compared with a number of archaeologically and geographically similar contexts.

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  • IA / RO SETTLEMENT AT WILD GOOSE COTTAGE, LOUND (Monument)
  • ROMAN WELL AT WILD GOOSE COTTAGE, LOUND (Monument)

Referenced Events (1)

  • Palaeoenvironmental sampling of Roman well, Wild Goose Cottage, Lound

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