Alice Holt Forest

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Alice Holt Forest is an ancient forest south west of Farnham in Surrey near the village of Rowledge. It is noted for its oak trees which once supplied timber for navy ships. Recently Alice Holt oak has been used to build a replica of Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London. [1]

Part of the forest is designated as a research area, used for studies into subjects such as forest carbon dynamics, environmental change and wood fuels. [2]

[edit] History

The forest is believed to have originated in the Atlantic period. Iron Age and Roman relics indicate human habitation for over two thousand years, and the forest was used as a Royal hunting forest by William the Conqueror.[3]

Alice Holt also gives its name to a particular diagnostic pottery style from the period of Roman occupation of Britain. Alice Holt Pottery is course grey sandy ware which has a particularly rough finish.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Forestry Commission website: Alice Holt Forest. Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
  2. ^ Forest Research website: Current Research at Alice Holt. Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
  3. ^ Environmental Change Network website: Alice Holt. Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
  4. ^ Alice Holt. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
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