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Clearance Cairn
A clearance cairn is an irregular and unstructured collection of fieldstones which have been removed from arable land or pasture to allow for more effective agriculture and collected into a usually low mound or cairn. Commonly of Bronze Age origins, these cairns may be part of a cairnfield (a collection of closely spaced cairns) where some cairns might be funerary. Clearance cairns are a worldwide phenomenon wherever organised agriculture has been practised. Purpose of clearance By removing large and moderate size stones from the surface and sub-surface, ploughing can take place with much less potential damage taking place to the plough blade. Stones also prevent the growth of plants where they physically block access to the soil and their removal allows for a greater surface area for crops to grow and to allow for plants to grow to their full potential; Stones also increase drainage and may therefore deprive plants of moisture. Stones were removed from fields to allow for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eglinton Clearance Cairn
Eglinton can refer to: People * Earl of Eglinton, a title in the Peerage of Scotland *Geoffrey Eglinton (1927–2016), British chemist * Timothy Eglinton, a British biogeoscientist *William Eglinton (1857–1933), a British spiritualist medium and fraud *J.Z. Eglinton, pseudonym of Walter H. Breen Jr. (1928–1993) *John Eglinton, pseudonym of William Kirkpatrick Magee (1868–1961) Places Australia *Eglinton, New South Wales, a suburb of Bathurst *Eglinton, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth Canada Toronto *Eglinton, Ontario, a former village now in Toronto *Eglinton (electoral district), a former federal electoral district *Eglinton (provincial electoral district), a former provincial electoral district *Eglinton Avenue, a main thoroughfare in Toronto *Eglinton Park *Eglinton Theatre *Line 5 Eglinton or Eglinton Crosstown Line, a light rail line under construction **Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility, a light-rail facility serving Line 5 Eglinton Canadian Territorie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
