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The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and northwest, Herefordshire to the north, the River Severn to the south, and the City of Gloucester to the east.
The Forest of Bere was one of the forests passed to the Commission upon its establishment in 1919. It has been a major timber forest, providing wood for shipbuilding and resulting in fluctuating forest cover. [25] [26] Forest of Dean: Gloucestershire: 12000 The Forest of Dean is an ancient forest. It contains the largest number of ancient oak ...
Royal Forest of Dean; Forest of Avon; Wiltshire. Savernake Forest; Devon. Ashclyst Forest; Bellever Forest; Decoy Forest; Fernworthy Forest; Haldon Forest; Dorset. Wareham Forest; Moors Valley Country Park and Forest
Cathedral by Kevin Atherton, one of the most iconic of the sculptures on the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail. Iron Road by Keir Smith, carved from old railway sleepers and located on a disused railway embankment. Dead Wood / Bois Mort by Carole Drake opened in 1995. The sunken steel plates suggest nameless graves in forests visited by war.
The Speech House was the administrative building of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England, lying at the centre of the forest on the road from Coleford to Cinderford. [1] The building was originally constructed as a hunting lodge for Charles II and the Speech House was authorised by the Dean Forest Act 1667 (19 & 20 Cha. 2. c.
The Dean Heritage Centre is located in the valley of Soudley, Gloucestershire, England in the Forest of Dean and exists to record and preserve the social and industrial history of the area and its people. The centre comprises the museum itself, a millpond and waterwheel, forester's cottage with garden and animals, art and craft exhibitions and ...
The remains of Whitecliff Ironworks were bought by the Dean Heritage Museum Trust in 1983. [13] A £65,000 refurbishment programme commenced in August 2011, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Forest of Dean Local Action. [14] The Whitecliff site is open to the public for viewing only.
They have traditionally been interpreted as the remains of prehistoric and early historic open-cast iron ore extraction, [3] but investigation undertaken by the Forest of Dean Archaeological Survey from 2003 to 2004 suggests that they have a primarily natural origin, which has been exploited by humans. [1]