was once covered by trees
and fauna-rich vegetation of many kinds
which stretched across most of Scotland
and Ireland, until late in the Middle Ages.
The last wolf in Ireland was killed in 1786
when the 'Industrial Revolution'
(or Devastation) was starting in England.
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| Glen Orchy, Argyll & Bute, Scotland. |
The Great Caledonian Forest
was 'cleared' to make settlements,
pastures, cultivable fields, charcoal, ships...
and to remove places of last resort
for the displaced and rebellious.
Finally, the denuded, eroded land
(now considered to be admirable)
was cleared of the few people
who lived there. Against human progress
nothing and no-one can stand.
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