And see you marks that show and fade, Like shadows on the Downs?
I have always loved that poem! The Dorset landscape is full of enigmatic traces of human occupation - barrows and cursuses and cross-dykes, Roman roads, Celtic field systems, deserted medieval villages...
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Date: 2025-05-06 03:42 pm (UTC)Like shadows on the Downs?
I have always loved that poem! The Dorset landscape is full of enigmatic traces of human occupation - barrows and cursuses and cross-dykes, Roman roads, Celtic field systems, deserted medieval villages...