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Originally Posted by Less
In part I agree with you, the Coppice is, or at least should be an unspoilt hill.
Unfortunately it has been spoilt in the past, fir trees growing where no fir trees grew before?
It's strange how, like an old Victorian rake, some folk cannot resist the temptation to remove it's virginity and replace it with their own diseased deposits?
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Not sure I agree that the addition of trees spoils the coppice. It was done initially to stabilize the coppice as the top soil was sliding off the shale base on the face. It both stabilized the coppice and prevented further erosion
The majority of trees planted were larch,and silver birch.
It was said that before man deforested the country a squirrel could climb a tree at lands end and not have to climb to the ground until he reached john o'groats, should we not support replanting of trees where possible. So it depends how far back in time you are prepared to go as to what is called the "norm"
Incidentally the term coppice applies to a managed group of trees grown to support industry, don't know if it applies here but food for thought.