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cairn
thumb|upright=1.2|A cairn a mile east of Nine Standards Rigg in the Yorkshire Dales.
environmental history
specialisation of history
dispersed settlement
rural settlement type, typically consists of widely spaced farmsteads without an actual nucleus
victory garden
vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences or public parks in many countries during World War I and World War II
village green
common open area within a village or other settlement, historically, a village green was common grassland with a pond for watering cattle and other stock
water-meadow
thumb|The water meadow at Magdalen College, Oxford, is an island in the River Cherwell
landscape archaeology
archaeological sub-discipline
lynchet
thumb|upright=1.5|Lynchet system near Bishopstone in Wiltshire thumb|right|The slope of a prehistoric lynchet at West Dean, West Sussex thumb|A lidar view of Medieval ridge and furrow and associated lynchets and strip lynchets at Heddon Hill in Northumberland A lynchet or linchet is an earth terrace found on the side of a hill. Lynchets are a feature of ancient field systems of the British Isles. They are commonly found in vertical rows and more commonly referred to as "strip lynchets". Lynchets appear predominantly in Southern Britain and many are in areas close to Iron Age forts and other ea
royal forest
area of land with different meanings in England, Wales and Scotland
clearance cairn
mound of stones cleared from an agricultural field
ridge and furrow
archaeological pattern of ridges and troughs created by a system of ploughing used in Europe during the Middle Ages, typical of the open field system
nucleated village
type of settlement pattern
landscape history
study of the way in which humanity has changed the physical appearance of the environment
deer park
enclosed area containing deer in medieval and Early Modern England
raised field
large cultivated elevation