I only wish to remark that theseheathlandreclamations were responsible for the destruction of the vast majority of barrow cemeteries.From theCambridge English Corpus
Up until the last century, the region was dominated by extensive heathlands, which often covered more than half the village area.From theCambridge English Corpus
Only those on the marginal heathlands remain and these are destroyed in theheathlandreclamations of the 19th century.From theCambridge English Corpus
The witches' meeting places were to be found onheathlandand the hares which were associated with -witches also lived there.From theCambridge English Corpus
Before theheathlandreclamations, the village areas consisted of small, closed villages with around them the fields (essen), the communal grazing lands and the forests.From theCambridge English Corpus
Additional sets of samples were taken from forestry plantations on formerheathlandsites, where these species were known to occur.From theCambridge English Corpus
In the 19th century, there was another radical transformation of the landscape with the wholesale reclamation of the heathlands.From theCambridge English Corpus
Due to the soil disturbance during tree planting, the afforested sites could not be classified into the threeheathlandvegetation types.From theCambridge English Corpus
I had pursued intensively for a few years, also pointed to the heathlands not being an exclusively natural phenomena.From theCambridge English Corpus
Gnomes inhabited the sand-hills in theheathlandarea, as, occasionally, did the devil.From theCambridge English Corpus
Late medieval/early modern gallows were also sometimes placed on the heathlands and near urnfields.From theCambridge English Corpus
Effects of burning onheathlandsoil chemical properties: an experimental study on the effect of heating and ash deposits.From theCambridge English Corpus
In 1900 the area consisted predominantly of broadleaved woodland,heathlandand parkland.From theCambridge English Corpus
In addition, five afforested formerheathlandsites were sampled.From theCambridge English Corpus
Hybrid plants occurred in both the vegetation samples taken and the seed banks at 12 of the 13heathlandsites used in this study.From theCambridge English Corpus
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