Landscape Archaeology and Community in Devon: An Oral History Approach

The project uses oral history in order to advance and enhance existing knowledge of landscape change, to test and challenge the formation of this knowledge and thereby bring greater understanding to our study of the meaning of landscape. The project has three specific research questions: To document the nature of farming history within the areas of Devon that are currently under investigation in the landscape archaeology projects. To relate landscape changes produced by the WW2 plough up campaign on both previous and subsequent landscape histories, and to evaluate socio-cultural meanings of such landscape changes in rural communities.