The name 'Wolds' derives from Old English wald/weald, which Della Hooke argues means an upland area with open woodland: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01433768.2013.797194 …pic.twitter.com/JRbw3OsRba
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The name 'Wolds' derives from Old English wald/weald, which Della Hooke argues means an upland area with open woodland: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01433768.2013.797194 …pic.twitter.com/JRbw3OsRba
The Wolds originally extended a lot further east than they do now, as can be seen from this reconstruction of the landscape before the Anglian glaciation of 478,000 years ago, w/ 10m contours (after http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379199000384 …)pic.twitter.com/0CADIjoI8U
Schematic cross-section of eastern Lincolnshire showing how the Wolds were subsequently eroded away by the sea until they reached their present eastern limit sometime around 115,000 years ago (via http://www.caitlingreen.org/2014/08/landscape-evolution.html …)pic.twitter.com/xX5eXRkvyM
The approximate coastline c.115,000 years ago (MIS 5e), when the present-day eastern edge of the Wolds would have been marked by a line of white cliffs with a flinty beach at its foot :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2014/09/of-chalk-and-ice-white-cliffs-of-louth.html …pic.twitter.com/AbSSSmLutG
Further changes to the eastern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds came with the last 'Ice Age', from around 17,000 years ago—for example, Hubbard's Hills gorge at Louth was formed by water draining from a glacial lake covering Hallington & Raithby... http://www.caitlingreen.org/2014/09/of-chalk-and-ice-white-cliffs-of-louth.html …pic.twitter.com/fLzu1OGT6X
More on the Geomorphology of the Lincolnshire Wolds: http://www.emgs.org.uk/files/mercian_vol13on/Mercian%20Geologist%20volume%2015%202000-2003/Mercian%202000%20v15%20p041%20Lincs%20Wolds%20geomorphology%20excursion,%20Robinson.pdf … (Map=maximum extent of the proglacial lake near Louth during last Ice Age)pic.twitter.com/oG1ngUsZWB
Villas & ranches on the late Roman Lincolnshire Wolds: Welton le Wold villa & its landscape context — http://www.caitlingreen.org/2014/12/villas-and-ranches-roman-wolds.html …pic.twitter.com/4zR24Z9dcu
Ludford, Tealby & the Taifali: a major Iron Age to early post-Roman settlement on the Lincolnshire Wolds :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/10/ludford-tealby-and-the-taifali.html …pic.twitter.com/Bx9NsISYed
Ketsby DMV: a Roman to Early Modern settlement & pilgrimage site on the Lincolnshire Wolds — http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/02/ketsby-dmv.html …pic.twitter.com/jNIE28Ha9F
Map of Lincolnshire drawn by Humphry Lhuyd before his death in 1568; this is the first map to show the Lincolnshire Wolds, depicted as hills between Glanford Brigg & Wragby: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/11/some-early-maps-of-lincolnshire.html …pic.twitter.com/XvTI4mewfu
Fwiw, https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2923 … (2016) suggests the Lincolnshire Wolds may become an island in 600–5000 years time… (via http://flood.firetree.net )pic.twitter.com/WeGxD8kgfk
Nice picture my friend.
Thank you :)
Not a problem my friend. I would like to visit Lincoln one day, when I go on my tour of the UK, it’s on my list.
It's well worth a visit, so much to see! :)
I have the impression that you have a great love of Lincolnshire. :)
I am rather fond of the place ;)
So many people say to me, that they always thought Lincolnshire is flat.
I fear the fens have tended to dominate perceptions of Lincolnshire, perhaps because they're just so amazingly flat and perhaps because they're closer to the south..!?
Often forgotten are the "vales" in the SW of the county. They nearly reach the same dizzy heights as The Wolds :)http://www.visitlincolnshire.com/content/vales
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