Posted by Ian E-N on March 30, 2009 at 13:19:11 user IanEN.
In Reply to: Re: Cutting down trees, was Braithwaite and Lewthwaite posted by John Wilson on March 30, 2009 at 09:11:07:
Iron was smelted using Charcoal which must have required much firewood
"Techniques of coppice management allowed deciduous woodlands to be maintained as renewable resources and cropped regularly. Coppice gave three or four times as much fuel as natural forest. In Furness, in the southern Lake District, the area of woodland actually expanded under the demand for charcoal for iron smelting and other uses, as land was converted from pasture to coppice. 53
53 J.Appleton, The Experiences of Landscape (London 1975)
from page 43 Landscape and history since 1500 By Ian D. Whyte