History of countryside and agriculture 13000BC

UK Countryside history - 13,000 BC

Our impression illustrates a typical upland UK landscape 15,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age. Snow and ice had covered much of the countryside for the preceding 10,000 years and only a few alpine plants lived in the short summer seasons. During periods of thaw, meltwaters would rearrange parts of the landscape as they gouged out and then deposited frost weakened material.

Population
Although man was absent from the UK at this time, there is evidence of much earlier activity dating from as far back as 500,000 years ago and our common ancestor from about 200,000 years.
Crops
None
Livestock
None
Farming Systems
None
Woodland & Hedges
None
Social Economy
None
Climate
Sub arctic climate with glaciers covering much of the UK.

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