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  1. Terminology of the British Isles

    Use British English date November 2011 Main British Isles File British Isles location.svg right thumb 300px legend 218439 British Isles The British Isles File British Isles Euler diagram 15.svg right thumb ... terms and their simple explanations are as follows. Geographical terms The British Isles is an archipelago ... of islands in the British Isles includes over 1,000 islands, ref There are no official definitions, but Scotland ... islands so a complete list of the British Isles would probably have between 1,000 and 2,000 entries ... . These are the states within the British Isles that have the British monarch as head of state. Linguistic ... of the main concepts and territories described in this article gallery Image British Isles all.svg The British Isles Image British Islands.svg The British Islands Image British Isles United Kingdom.svg ... British Isles England.svg England Image British Isles Scotland.svg Scotland Image British Isles Wales.svg Wales Image Republic of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland Image British Isles Northern Ireland.svg Northern Ireland Image British Isles Isle of Man.svg The Isle of Man Image British Isles Channel ... and Jersey . See British Isles naming dispute for details of the conflict over use of this term ... used as alternatives to the term British Isles . Anglo Celtic Isles is an alternative term in limited ... suggested replacement term for British Isles , without the same political connotations. However ... region . Geographical distinctions The British Isles Image British Isles all.svg 50px The British .... The term is disputed see British Isles naming dispute . Great Britain Image Great Britain.svg 50px Great Britain is the largest of the British Isles. On Great Britain are located three constituent ... smaller islands off the coast of Ireland. Isle of Man Image British Isles Isle of Man.svg 50px The Isle .... Channel Islands Image British Isles Channel Islands.svg 50px Although the Channel Islands are associated ... . Political terms in more detail The United Kingdom Image British Isles United Kingdom.svg left ...   more details



  1. British Isles

    Infobox islands name British Isles local name small lang en British Isles br lang ga ire agus an Bhreatain Mh r ref cite web title British Isles work focal.ie Terminology Database url http www.focal.ie ... Britain name British Isles naming dispute Terminology of the British Isles The earliest known references ... accessdate 2010 09 23 quote the British Isles s pl T reola ocht Geography Polait ocht Politics Stair ... within the British Isles. Other languages are spoken, including several other native languages and dialects ... of the British Isles, excluding Orkney southern part obscured by cloud, northern part out of frame and Shetland out of frame . image alt A map of the British Isles and their location in Europe. locator map British Isles location.svg location Western Europe and Northern Europe coordinates Coord 54 N ... SUCH CHANGES The British Isles are a archipelago group of islands off the northwest coast of continental ... isles. ref name ReferenceB British Isles, Encyclop dia Britannica ref There are two sovereign state ... to the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 , the state may be described as such. ref The British Isles also ... are not physically a part of the archipelago . ref Oxford English Dictionary British Isles a geographical ... publisher Elsevier place Oxford year 2008 quote The British Isles comprise more than 6,000 islands ... an archipelago immediately off the coast of Normandy France rather than part of the British Isles ... Isles is British Isles naming dispute controversial in Ireland, ref name ReferenceB ref http books.google.com books?id rasBRQwwOIIC&pg PA7 Social work in the British Isles by Malcolm Payne, Steven Shardlow When we think about social work in the British Isles, a contentious term if ever there was one ... in British Isles , while a minority of the Welsh and Scottish are not keen on Great Britain . In response ... for Foreign Affairs stated that The British Isles is not an officially recognised term in any legal ... A spokesman for the Irish Embassy in London said The British Isles has a dated ring to it, as if we ...   more details



  1. Extreme points of the British Isles

    File Local Council Plaque marking the Easterly Extremity of the British Isles. geograph.org.uk 40557.jpg thumb Plaque marking the Easternmost Point of the British Isles This is a list of the extreme points of the British Isles sup 1 sup , the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location Northernmost Point &mdash Out Stack , Shetland Islands Northernmost Settlement &mdash Skaw , Unst , Shetland Islands Southernmost Point &mdash Minquiers Les Minquiers Reef, Jersey , Channel Islands Southernmost Settlement &mdash Saint Clement, Jersey Westernmost Point &mdash Tearaght Island , County Kerry sup 1 sup , Ireland Westernmost Settlement &mdash Dunquin , County Kerry sup 1 sup , Ireland Easternmost Point &mdash Ness Point Lowestoft Ness , Suffolk Easternmost Settlement &mdash Lowestoft , Suffolk Notes sup 1 sup Use of the term British Isles is controversial in relation to locations in Ireland. See British Isles and British Isles naming dispute for more information. See also Extreme points of Ireland Extreme points of the United Kingdom Category British Isles Category Extreme points by country British Isles mk ...   more details



  1. British Isles naming dispute

    Terminology of the British Isles In classical times, several Greco Roman geographers used derivatives ...About the disagreement and different views on using the term British Isles , particularly in relation to Ireland the confusion between different geopolitical terminology within the British Isles Terminology of the British Isles Use British English date November 2010 Multiple issues POV June 2009 refimprove ... There is disagreement over the applicability of the term the British Isles with relation to Ireland ... At the outset, it should be stated that while the expression The British Isles is evidently still commonly ... we get when people call them the British Isles ref ref Geographical terms also cause problems and we ... England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales has commonly been known as the British Isles. This title ... Business Post questioned the use of British Isles as a purely geographic expression, noting ... was to make its British Isles debut in Dublin, we were puzzled. Is not Dublin the capital ... called the Atlantic archipelago since the term British Isles is one which Irishmen reject and Englishmen ... ...what used to be called the British Isles, although that is now a political correctness politically ... . History Review. The British Isles, A History of Four Nations, Second edition, Cambridge University Press, July 2006, Preface, Hugh Kearney. The title of this book is The British Isles , not Britain ... of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as the British Isles, when ... of the Irish dislike the British in British Isles , while the Welsh and Scottish are not keen on Great ... of the World once titled British Isles now reads Britain and Ireland. ref Anglo Celts Anglo Celtic ... British Isles is not generally acceptable in Ireland, the term these islands being widely used instead ... for considering the archipelago as a whole, for a history of the British or Anglo Celtic isles or these islands . ref and the British Irish Isles . ref John Oakland, 2003, http books.google.com books ...   more details



  1. Neolithic British Isles

    England, is one example of the large ceremonial monuments constructed across the British Isles in this period. The Neolithic British Isles refers to the period of British history British , Irish history ... Adkins, Adkins and Leitch 2008 . p. 37 38. ref The final part of the Stone Age in the British Isles ... Mesolithic period, the inhabitants of the British Isles had been nomadic hunter gatherers, but around ... Revolution . The Neolithic period in the British Isles was characterised by the adoption ... the Neolithic in the British Isles is known by archaeologists as the Mesolithic . During this period ... and prehistorian Caroline Malone noted that during the Late Mesolithic, the British Isles ... reaching north western Europe and the British Isles. ref name Malone 22 Mal01 Malone 2001 . p. 22. ref The Neolithic in the British Isles The archaeological community still debate whether the Neolithic Revolution was brought to the British Isles through by adoption by natives or by migrating groups ... since the earliest evidence for farming in the British Isles comes from Ireland and probably the Isle ... deforestation deforested areas of woodland in the British Isles in order to use the cleared ... therefore likely brought to the British Isles along with, or roughly concurrent to, the introduction ... newgrange.html ref Stone circles Main article Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany Image ..., the Neolithic peoples of the British Isles grew cereal grains such as wheat and barley , and these therefore ... into the surviving Neolithic monuments first began in the British Isles, although at the time these antiquarianism ... to the Neolithic British Isles. They interpreted the Neolithic as an ideological phenomenon that was adopted ... title The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles Their Nature and Legacy last aut Hutton, Ronald ... refend Neolithic British Isles Category Neolithic Europe Category Stone Age Britain simple Neolithic British Isles ...   more details



  1. British Isles ? A Natural History

    refimprove date October 2007 Infobox television show name British Isles A Natural History image Image British isles DVD.gif 200px caption The British Isles DVD cover genre Nature documentary format creator developer writer director creative director presenter Alan Titchmarsh narrated theme music composer opentheme endtheme composer country United Kingdom language English language English num series 1 num episodes 8 list episodes executive producer producer editor location cinematography camera runtime 60 minutes company distributor channel BBC One picture format audio format first run first aired start date 2004 9 29 df yes last aired end date 2004 11 24 df yes status Ended preceded by followed by related website production website British Isles A Natural History is an eight part Documentary film documentary series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and presented by Alan Titchmarsh . Originally broadcast in the UK on BBC1 from September to November 2004 in television 2004 , it took viewers on a journey from the formation of what is now the British Isles some 3 billion years ago to the present day, revealing how natural and human forces have shaped the landscape. Each of the 50 minute episodes was followed by a 10 minute short specific to each region of the British Isles. In 2007, the BBC made a companion series about British wildlife called The Nature of Britain , also presented by Titchmarsh. A 3 disc DVD region code Region 2 and 4 DVD set BBCDVD1506 featuring all eight episodes was released on 29 November 2004. Titchmarsh wrote an accompanying book, also called British Isles A Natural History , and released by BBC Books on 1 October 2004. ISBN 0 563 52162 7 External links BBC Online id sn tvradio programmes britishisles title British Isles A Natural History BBC programme id p002schf title British Isles A Natural History Category 2004 television series debuts Category 2004 television series endings Category 2004 in British television Category 2000s British television ...   more details



  1. Wolves in the British Isles

    Wolves in the British Isles may refer to Wolves in Great Britain Wolves in Ireland disambiguation Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it from being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Long comment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ...   more details



  1. Rugby union in the British Isles

    Rugby union is a popular sport in England , Wales , Scotland and Ireland . The game was arguably invented in 1823 by William Webb Ellis , and in 1871 the England English Rugby Football Union was the first national rugby football union to be founded. It is organised separately in each of these countries, and also on an all Ireland basis. Rugby union in the British Isles is discussed in the following articles, corresponding to the separate organisations governing the sport Rugby union in England Rugby union in Ireland Rugby union in Scotland Rugby union in Wales And also to the Crown Dependencies Rugby union in Guernsey Rugby union in Jersey Rugby union in the Isle of Man See also British and Irish Lions Europe in topic Rugby union in Category Rugby union in Europe British Isles Category Rugby union in the United Kingdom ...   more details



  1. Botanical Society of the British Isles

    The Botanical Society of the British Isles BSBI is a scientific society for the study of flora plants flora , plant distribution and taxonomy relating to Great Britain , Ireland , the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man . The society was founded as the Botanical Society of London in 1836. It includes both professional and amateur members and is the largest organization devoted to botany in the British Isles . Its history is recounted in David Allen s book The Botanists . ref Allen, D.E. 1986 . The Botanists. St Paul s Biographies, Winchester ref The society publishes handbooks and journals, conducts national surveys and training events, and hosts conferences. It also awards grants and bursaries, sets professional standards with Field Identification Skills Certificates FISCs , and works in an advisory capacity for governments and NGO s. ref http www.bsbi.org.uk index.html ref The society is managed by a council of elected members, and is a Registered Charity in England & Wales 212560 and Scotland SC038675 . Publications The BSBI has produced two atlas es covering the distribution of vascular plants in Britain and Ireland. ref Perring, F.H. & Walters, S.M. eds. 1962. Atlas of the British Flora. Thomas Nelson & Sons, London ref ref Preston, C.D., Pearman, D.A. & Dines, T. 2002. Atlas of the British & Irish Flora. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ref It publishes a newsletter , BSBI News ISSN 0309 930X , that is distributed to members three times a year and is available online ref http www.watsonia.org.uk html bsbi news 1.html ref . The BSBI publishes a scientific periodical, New ... BSBI website UK charity 212560 http www.facebook.com pages Botanical Society of the British Isles ... Botanical Society of the British Isles fr Botanical Society of the British Isles nl Botanical Society of the British Isles pt Botanical Society of the British Isles ru ... ref . The society produced the Atlas of the British Flora in 2002, the Vice county Census Catalogue ...   more details



  1. Communist Organisation in the British Isles

    The Communist Organisation in the British Isles COBI was a Marxist Leninist political party in Great Britain Britain and Ireland . It was founded in 1974 by members of the British and Irish Communist Organisation BICO who disagreed with BICO s stance on workers control , which the COBI described as reducing the working class to a plastic object of bourgeois history and fundamentally anti Marxist . ref name cobi http www.marxists.org history erol uk.hightide whatiscobi.htm What is the Communist Organisation in the British Isles? in Proletarian , No. 1. ref The COBI, however, retained several of BICO s policies, including supporting the partition of Ireland , backing the UK joining the European Economic Community , and opposition to Trotskyism . ref name cobi ref The new group had already begun studying the work of the De Leonist Socialist Labour Party UK, 1903 Socialist Labour Party , also taking its arm and hammer logo as its own. It rapidly published a series of publications all bearing the name of their journal Proletarian , of which at least four issues were published, variously described as texts, broadsides or simply as pamphlets. COBI stated that it would use the work of Karl Marx Marx , Friedrich Engels Engels , Vladimir Lenin Lenin , Joseph Stalin Stalin and Mao Zedong Mao as bases and also defended the idea of the vanguard party as the means for achieving socialism. ref name platform http www.marxists.org history erol uk.hightide cobiplatform.htm Platform of the Communist Organisation in the British Isles ref It was known for its strict entry conditions, which included knowledge of at least one language other than English, and a commitment from members to maintain himself herself in a state of mental and physical fitness and preparedness . Members were also required ... erol uk.hightide index.htm Communist Organisation in the British Isles Communist Formation documents ... Peter Barberis, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley, Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political ...   more details



  1. Climate of the British Isles

    File UK zonemap.png thumb upright Hardiness zone s in the British Isles The British Isles are an archipelago ... summers and mild winters. Temperature The British Isles undergo very small temperature variations. This is due to its proximity to the Atlantic, which acts as a temperature buffer, warming the Isles in winter ... 250px A typical North Atlantic low pressure area moving across the British Isles The sunniest times are the months of May and June, whereas December has the least sunshine. The clearest skies in the British Isles occur over the south of England, due to the winds from the continent. Equally, mountainous ... blocking anticyclones High pressure area high pressure systems may move over the British Isles, which .... Winds The prevailing winds over the British Isles are from the south west, and winds are strongest ... weather The British Isles do not experience extreme weather regularly. There have been several occasions ... s path Tropical cyclone s themselves do not affect the British Isles due to the cold temperature of the surrounding ocean. Any tropical cyclone that comes near the Isles has said to have undergone a process called Extratropical cyclone Extratropical transition extratropical transition . The Isles ... 9 December 2009 ref Recent events Recently the British Isles have undergone some record breaking ... 15, 2006 publisher The Observer ref , History The last glacial period in the British Isles ended ... thumb right Great Britain in the winter of 2009 2010 Rainfall varies across the Isles, with a general ... the wettest months. The mountain range s are the wettest areas in the Isles. ref name 4577mm cite ... 08 01 publisher British Broadcasting Corporation ref Extended periods of extreme weather, such as the drought ... stayed warmer than average. July was the hottest month on record for the Isles and most of Europe ref ... ocean froze and an ice sheet extended across most of the Isles. The cold period from the 16th century .... See also Climate of the United Kingdom Climate of Ireland References reflist Category British ...   more details



  1. Lists of monarchs in the British Isles

    This page links to lists of monarchs that have reigned the various kingdoms and other states that have existed in the British Isles throughout recorded history. King of the Britons Ancient Britain List of legendary kings of Britain Ancient Britons legendary Kings of the Britons Ancient Britons historical List of English monarchs England Bernicia Kings of Bernicia Bernicia Bretwalda Bretwaldas overlords Deira Kings of Deira Deira Kings of East Anglia East Anglia List of monarchs of Essex Essex Hwicce Kings of the Isle of Wight Isle of Wight List of monarchs of Kent Kent Kingdom of Lindsey Kings of Lindsey Lindsey Magonsaete List of monarchs of Mercia Mercia List of monarchs of Northumbria Northumbria List of monarchs of Sussex Sussex List of monarchs of Wessex Wessex Kings of Jorvik York Duke of Normandy List of Dukes of Normandy Channel Islands List of British monarchs Great Britain and the United Kingdom List of Irish monarchs Ireland List of High Kings of Ireland High Kings including legendary Kings of Ailech Ailech Kings of Airg alla Airg alla Kings of Breifne Breifne Kings of Connacht Connacht Kings of Dublin Dublin Kings of Leinster Leinster Kings of Mide Mide Kings of Moylurg Moylurg Kings of Munster Munster Kings of Osraige Osraige Kings of Tara Tara Kings of Tir Eogain Tir Eogain Kings of Uisnech Uisnech Kings of Ulster Ulster King of Mann Mann king of Mann and the Isles Mann & the Isles Lord of Mann Mann lords List of Scottish monarchs Scotland Kings of D l Riata D l Riata Lord of Galloway Galloway Earl of Orkney Orkney Kings of the Picts Picts Kingdom of the Rhinns Rhinns List of Kings of Strathclyde Strathclyde List of rulers of Wales Wales Kings of Dumnonia Dumnonia Elmet Kings of Elmet Elmet Kingdom of Gwynedd Gwynedd Kingdom of Powys Rulers of Powys Powys Rheged Kings of Rheged Rheged See also List of Anglo Saxon monarchs and kingdoms Category Lists of lists Monarchs Category Lists of monarchs British Isles bg ...   more details



  1. Crabs of the British Isles

    multiple image direction vertical align right header Largest and smallest crabs of the British Isles width 220 image1 Paromola cuvieri.jpg caption1 Paromola cuvieri up to 120  cm leg span image2 Pinnotheres pisum.jpg caption2 Pinnotheres pisum up to 0.4  mm across the carapace Around 65 species of crab occur in the waters of the British Isles . ref name Holmes cite book author J. M. C. Holmes, M. J. Costello & D. W. Connor year 1997 chapter Crustacea pages 142 209 editor Christine M. Howson & Bernard E. Picton title The Species Directory of the Marine Fauna and Flora of the British Isles and Surrounding Seas publisher Ulster Museum and the Marine Conservation Society isbn 978 0 948150 ... ref Howson & Picton define the waters of the British Isles to be the area within the convert 200 m isobath surrounding the British Isles , between 48th parallel north 48  N and 62.5  N, and between ... title The Species Directory of the Marine Fauna and Flora of the British Isles and Surrounding ... crabs in the British Isles image1 DormeursCancer pagurus2010.JPG caption1 Nearly 30,000  t of the edible crab Cancer pagurus is landed in the British Isles every year. image2 Cangrejo rafax.JPG caption2 1,500  t of the spider crab Maja squinado is landed in the British Isles every year ... in the British Isles every year. image4 Necora025eue.jpg caption4 Up to 200  t of the velvet crab, Necora puber , is landed in the British Isles every year. Several species of wild crab are the subject of crab fisheries around the coasts of the British Isles. The most important are the brown ... Linnaeus, 1767 small Div col end Three deep water species have also been recorded near the British Isles ... Note References reflist 32em Category Crabs Category Fauna of the British Isles Fauna of Great Britain ... ref group Note name FAO Species Around 62 species have been directly observed in the waters of the British Isles ref name Holmes tag ref Zoological nomenclature Nomenclature follows Ng et al. 2009 ...   more details



  1. List of woodlice of the British Isles

    in 10 family biology families are native to the British Isles . One of these species Acaeroplastes melanurus had been considered extinct in the British Isles but was rediscovered in 2002 at its only ... are especially common throughout the British Isles, and are known as the famous five species . ref cite ... Reductoniscus costulatus Kessely k, 1930 Not native to the British Isles Reductoniscus costulatus ... June 21, 2007 ref Six certainly native species occur in the British Isles some doubt exists as to the status ... patterns of black, white, orange and red. The British Isles hold the greatest concentration of sites ... Network NBN Gateway web site ref It is found outside the British Isles on Atlantic coasts south ... across the British Isles. It seems to occur either in coastal sites, or synanthropic ally ... abbr on long and white, with a distinctly Spine zoology spiny dorsal surface. In the British Isles ... of up to convert 30 mm in 1 abbr on . It is found on rocky shore s throughout the British Isles ... name ITE Ligidium hypnorum Cuvier, 1792 In the British Isles, Ligidium hypnorum is restricted to the south ... woodlouse , is the most widespread species of woodlouse in the British Isles, both geographically and ecologically ... muscorum Burmoniscus meeusei Holthuis, 1947 Not native to the British Isles Originally described ... it to move quickly. It is more common in the south of the British Isles, but can be found up to the north ... and the Azores , and including Algeria . ref name Schmalfuss In the British Isles, it is only ... to be extinct in the British Isles. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society 26 60 63 ... to the British Isles Agabiformius lentus is native to the Mediterranean region, but has been ... fully grown, the largest of the Porcellio species in the British Isles, at up to convert 18 mm ... , is one of the most frequent woodlice in the British Isles. It is also one of the best colonisers ... from Portugal to the British Isles, ref name Schmalfuss and reaching its northernmost location at St ...   more details



  1. Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles

    The Sylloge of the Coins of the British Isles SCBI is an ongoing project to publish all major museum collections and certain important private collections of British one penny coin pre decimal British .... 30 plates, 1982. 31. NORWEB COLLECTION . Tokens of the British Isles 1575 1750. Part I. Bedfordshire ... . Tokens of the British Isles 1575 1750. Part II. Dorset to Gloucestershire. By R.H. Thompson. 41 .... By A.J.H. Gunstone. 78 plates, 1992. 43. NORWEB COLLECTION . Tokens of the British Isles 1575 1750 ... by Spink & Son Limited 44. NORWEB COLLECTION . Tokens of the British Isles 1575 1750. Part IV .... 46. NORWEB COLLECTION . Tokens of the British Isles 1575 1750. Part V. Staffordshire to Westmorland ... Coins to 1279. By J. Booth. 64 plates, 1997. 49. NORWEB COLLECTION . Tokens of the British Isles .... 59. NORWEB COLLECTION . Tokens of the British Isles 1575 1750. Part VII. City of London. By R. H. Thompson ... in the early 1950s by Christopher Blunt and other members of the British Numismatic Society British and Royal Numismatic Society Royal Numismatic Societies. In 1956, its unofficial committee secured recognition as a committee of the British Academy through the good offices of its first chairman ... for the future. The key gaps in the series are the British Museum and the Royal Coin Collection ... now in need of substantial updating. Nonetheless, British numismatics has been extremely well ... of the British Academy FBA 1956 1966 Professor Dorothy Whitelock , CBE , Fellow of the British Academy FBA 1966 1979 Professor H. R. Loyn , Fellow of the British Academy FBA 1979 1993 The Rt Hon. Lord Stewartby , Fellow of the British Academy FBA , Royal Society of Edinburgh FRSE 1993 2003 Professor Simon Keynes S. D. Keynes , Fellow of the British Academy FBA 2003 General Editors of the project have included Christopher Blunt, OBE , Fellow of the British Academy FBA 1956 1987 Professor Michael ... members of the Sylloge Committee are Professor N. P. Brooks, Fellow of the British Academy FBA ...   more details



  1. Mining archaeology in British Isles

    Orphan date February 2009 Mining Archaeology is a specific field well developed in the British Isles ... locations in British Isles, including Duncan James on the Great Orme s Head, Simon Timberlake ... identified from several locations in the British Isles this has been certified with carbon 14 analysis ... exploitation. Moreover a unique find for British Isles were the giant hammers. ref Graddock 1995, 60 ... the British Isles. A representative example of the period are Puzzlewood s surface mines. The site prospered especially in the Romano British period and the late Middle Ages. The limonite ores represent ... , Early Mining in the British Isles Proceedings of the EarlyMiningWorkshop at Plas Tan y Bwlch Snowdonia ... in Wales. In Crew P. and Crew S. eds , Early Mining in the British Isles Proceedings of the Early Mining .... In Crew P. and Crew S. eds , Early Mining in the British Isles Proceedings of the Early ... , Early Mining in the British Isles Proceedings of the Early Mining Workshop at Plas Tan y Bwlch Snowdonia ... on COPA HILL, CWMYSTWYTH, 1989 . In Crew P. and Crew S. eds , Early Mining in the British Isles ... P. and Crew S. eds , Early Mining in the British Isles Proceedings of the Early Mining Workshop at Plas ... in the British Isles Proceedings of the Early Mining Workshop at Plas Tan y Bwlch Snowdonia National ... phase in 2400 BC makes the site and the settlement very important for mining Archaeology in the British Isles. ref O Brien 1996 O Brien et al. 2004 ref Mount Gabriel located close to west Cork provides ... already exploited in Late Bronze Age and some evidence earthworks are associated with British Iron ... Natural Beauty. Somerset English Heritage & Somerset County Council. Gerrard, S. 2000. The early British ... Wales. Oxford Archaeopress. BAR British Series 348. Timberlake, S. and Prag A.J.N.W., 2005 ... John and Erica Hedges Ltd. for the Manchester Museum and the National Trust BAR British Series .... In S.Bowman, Science and the Past. London The Trustees of the British Museum, 57 73. Grew ...   more details



  1. Norse activity in the British Isles

    too few opinions date October 2011 Norse activity in the British Isles occurred during the Early Medieval ... traveled to the British Isles for trade, raiding and settlement. The Norse peoples that came to the British Isles have often been referred to in modern scholarship as Vikings ref Key99 Keynes 1999 ... such as gold. Such trade links also extended westward into the British Isles. ref name Blair 2003 ... attacked a series of Christian monasteries located in the British Isles. This started in 793, with an attack ... name Blair55 Bla99 Blair 2003 . p. 55. ref Background British Isles During the Early Mediaeval period, the British Isles were culturally, linguistically and religiously divided into various groups ... the British Isles still pre literate, existing in the final state of European prehistory , in a period ... CE, Norse raiders attacked a series of Christian monasteries located in the British Isles. In the British Isles, Christian monasteries had often been positioned on small islands and in other remote ... of large parts of the British Isles. ref name Blair63 Invasion and Danelaw 865 896 From 865 the Norse attitude towards the British Isles changed, as they began to see it as a place for potential ... settlement in the British Isles The early Norse settlers in Anglo Saxon England would have appeared ... sources discussing the earliest Viking encounters with the British Isles, which would have most probably been amongst the northern isles of Britain, which are closest to Scandinavia. ref Gra98 Graham ... The Norse settlers in the British Isles left remains of their material culture behind, which ... Oxford pages 460 461 ref Key99 Refend DEFAULTSORT Norse Activity In The British Isles Category ... Age peoples of Scandinavia had not yet been converted to Christianity as the peoples of the British Isles had, and they instead followed Norse paganism , a polytheistic set of beliefs that revered ... in Shetland, Orkney, the Western Isles, the Isle of Man, Ireland and the north west of England ...   more details



  1. Genetic history of the British Isles

    The genetic history of the British Isles is the subject of research within the larger field of human ... regarding the British Isles in turn draw upon and contribute to the larger field of understanding the history of human ity in the British Isles generally, complementing work in British Isles Languages linguistics , History of the British Isles archeology , History of the British Isles history and genealogy . Research concerning the most important routes of migration into the British Isles is the subject ... similarly many potential eras of movement between different parts of the British Isles ... Sykes of Oxford University and more recently the People of the British Isles , also associated with Oxford. ref http www.peopleofthebritishisles.org The People of The British Isles website ref In 2007, Bryan Sykes produced an analysis of 6000 samples from the OGAP project in his book Blood of the Isles ... of the British Isles References Notes Reflist colwidth 30em Literature Refbegin 2 Citation author ... title Geographic Patterns of R1b in the British Isles Deconstructing Oppenheimer journal JOGG ... Citation last Capelli et al. title A Y Chromosome Census of the British Isles journal Current Biology ... male and female roles during cultural transitions in the British Isles journal PNAS volume 98 ... Signature for Gaelic Dalcassian Families year 2009 Refend human genetics British Isles DEFAULTSORT Genetic History Of The British Isles Category Population genetics Category Modern human genetic history British Isles Category History of the British Isles ... of farming technologies from Europe is frequently proposed as a period of major population change in the British Isles, such technology could either have been learned by locals from a small number of immigrants ... of the British used the data from Harvcoltxt Weale et al. 2002 , Harvcoltxt Capelli et al. 2003 ... geographical, meaning that the British and Irish are simply most genetically related to the people ...   more details



  1. Hillclimbing in the British Isles

    . Major hillclimbs in the British Isles Hills used in the British Hill Climb Championship Barbon Hillclimb .... Drivers entered for the British Hill Climb Championship may qualify for a run off at the end of each ... Park , Devon 1000 yd 914 m Non championship hills Bo ness Hill Climb , former British Hill Climb ... venue. See also British Hill Climb Championship Lewes Speed Trials DEFAULTSORT Hillclimbing In The British Isles Category Hillclimbing ...   more details



  1. Prehistoric settlement of the British Isles

    The British Isles have experienced a long history of migration from across Europe . Over the millennia, successive waves of immigrants have come to the Isles. The ancient migrations have mainly come via ... people have been considered to represent early immigration to the British Isles during the Bronze ..., not of population. In general, the base population of the British Isles has not changed much since 6000BC. ref cite book last Sykes first Bryan title Blood of the Isles publisher Corgi Books, London ... For the historic settlement of the British Isles see Historical immigration to Great Britain Immigration ... External links Commons category Prehistoric settlement of the British Isles References Bauchet cite ... first9 MPH title A Y chromosome census of the British Isles journal Current Biology Curr. Biol ... and female roles during cultural transitions in the British Isles journal Proceedings of the National ... and Portugal DEFAULTSORT Prehistoric Settlement Of The British Isles Category Archaeology of Ireland ... and Ireland, Prehistoric settlement of Category Peopling of the world British Isles Category Stone ... help from the Saxons in fighting against Constans. At a meeting with the Saxons, most of the British ... British Archaeology . January February 2006. Issue 86. ISSN 1357 4442. ref A shinbone found belonging .... Humans probably returned to the region of the British and Irish peninsula about 14,700 years ago ... see Renfrew, 1987 ref but this now seems to have had only a minor effect on the isles. Christopher Smith ... had other defining features that showed that they were distinct from earlier dwellers of the British Isles , such as the development of metal working and the mode of burial of the dead that came into use ... concluded that there was some Late Iron Age migration of Celtic La T ne people, through Belgium, to the British Isles ref cite journal last De Beule first Hans title Early Bronze Age Origin and Late Iron ... there were two separate invasions . The older view of prehistorians was that the Celtic influence in the British ...   more details



  1. List of bays of the British Isles

    This is a list of bays of the British Isles , geographically by island. They are listed by island , in clockwise order, from the stated starting point. Britain Clockwise from the River Tweed England from the River Tweed to the Bristol Channel Budle Bay Druridge Bay Whitley Bay Tees Bay Robin Hood s Bay North Bay, Scarborough South Bay, Scarborough Cornelian Bay, North Yorkshire Cornelian Bay Gristhorpe Bay Filey Bay Bridlington Bay The Wash Hollesley Bay, Suffolk Hollesley Bay Pegwell Bay Rye Bay Pevensey Bay Seaford Bay Friars Bay Bracklesham Bay Hayling Bay Stokes Bay Stanswood Bay Christchurch Bay Poole Bay Brambelbush Bay Shell Bay Studland Bay Swanage Bay Durlston Bay Kimmeridge Bay Hobarrow Bay Brandy Bay Worbarrow Bay Mupe Bay St Oswald s Bay Ringstead Bay Weymouth Bay Balaclava Bay West Bay, Dorset West Bay Lyme Bay Labrador Bay Tor Bay Start Bay Bigbury Bay St Austell Bay Veryan Bay Gerrans Bay Falmouth Bay Mount s Bay St Ives Bay Ligger Bay Watergate Bay Padstow Bay Bude Bay Barnstaple Bay Bideford Bay Morte Bay Porlock Bay Bridgwater Bay Wales Cardiff Bay Swansea Bay Rhossili Bay Carmarthen Bay St Bride s Bay Fishguard Bay Newport Bay, Wales Newport Bay Cardigan Bay Tremadog Bay Caernarfon Bay Holyhead Bay Conway Bay England from the River Dee, Wales River Dee to the Solway Firth Liverpool Bay Morecambe Bay Duddon Estuary Moricambe Bay Scotland Kirkcudbright Bay Wigtown Bay Luce Bay Ayr Bay Irvine Bay Gruinard Bay Enard Bay Achmelvich Achmelvich Bay Clashnessie Bay Eddrachillis Bay Dunnet Bay Sinclair s Bay Burghhead Bay Spey Bay Lunan Bay Invergowrie Bay St Andrews Bay Fife Largo Bay Aberlady Bay Gosford Bay Wemyss Bay Coldingham Bay Hebrides Islay Laggan Bay Isle of Mull Mull Calgary, Mull Calgary Bay Lewis Broad Bay Lewis Broad Bay Orkney Mainland Scapa Bay ... related lists Bays of the British Isles Category United Kingdom geography related lists Bays of the British Isles ...   more details



  1. List of mayflies of the British Isles

    This list of the mayflies recorded in the British Isles follows Macadam, ref cite journal author Craig Macadam year 2003 journal Salmo Trutta volume 6 pages 64 67 title In the Month of Mayfly url http www.riverflies.org index riverflies ephemeroptera contentParagraph 05 document In The Month of Mayfly.pdf format Portable Document Format PDF ref with nomenclature and taxonomy according to Kluge. ref cite web url http www.insecta.bio.pu.ru z Eph spp ind genn.htm work Ephemeroptera of the World title Index of supra species taxa names date June 3, 2010 accessdate June 11, 2010 author Nikita Julievich Kluge publisher Saint Petersburg State University ref There are 51 species of mayfly known to occur in the British Isles , distributed among ten family biology families . Ameletidae Ameletus inopinatus small Eaton, 1887 small Arthropleidae Arthroplea congener small Bengtsson, 1908 small Baetidae Multiple image direction vertical footer Cloeon dipterum width 200 image1 Cloeon dipterum side aka .jpg image2 Cloeon dipterum.jpg caption1 Adult caption2 Naiad Alainites muticus small Linnaeus, 1758 small Baetis buceratus small Eaton, 1870 small Baetis fuscatus small Linnaeus, 1761 small Baetis rhodani small Pictet, 1843 small Baetis scambus small Eaton, 1870 small Baetis vernus small Curtis, 1834 small Centroptilum luteolum small Muller, 1776 small Cloeon dipterum small Linnaeus, 1761 small Cloeon simile small Eaton, 1870 small Labiobaetis atrebatinus small Eaton, 1870 small Nigrobaetis digitatus small Bengtsson, 1919 small Nigrobaetis niger small Linnaeus, 1761 small Procloeon bifidum small Bengtsson, 1912 small Procloeon pennulatum small Eaton, 1870 small Caenidae File Caenis.horaria.jpg thumb right upright Caenis horaria Brachycercus harrisellus small Curtis, 1834 small Caenis beskidensis ... reflist Fauna of Great Britain Category Mayflies Category Lists of insects in the British Isles ...   more details



  1. List of islands of the British Isles

    EngvarB date November 2010 This page is a list of the larger islands that comprise the British Isles , listing area and population data. The total area of the archipelago is 315,134 km . Great Britain and Ireland between them account for 95.6 of this area, leaving 4.4 or an area of 13,950 km of the remaining islands. The largest of the other islands are to be found in the Hebrides , Orkney and Shetland to the north, Anglesey and the Isle of Man between Great Britain and Ireland, and the Channel Islands near the coast of France . Number of permanently inhabited islands besides the two main islands List of islands of Scotland Scotland 97 of these, 4 had only a sole permanent occupant as of the 2001 census, another 20 had a permanent population between 1 and 10 List of islands of England England 19 Channel Islands 7 of which Jethou is privately leased List of islands of Wales Wales 6 List of islands of Ireland Ireland 5 Islands of the Isle of Man Isle of Man 2 the Calf of Man has two permanent inhabitants Sark , Herm Great Island Bere Island The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are Crown Dependencies British Crown Dependencies , while Northern Ireland , Wales , England and Scotland are constituent country constituent countries of the United Kingdom. class wikitable Name Area km Population ... 2 4 Gwynedd Wales See also British Isles List of islands of England List of islands of Scotland List ... Ocean References reflist 32em Category Islands of the British Isles List Category Lists of islands British Isles Category Lists of places in the United Kingdom Islands by area de Liste der Britischen ... ref 116 21 89,300 05 Channel Islands Jersey R m 105 22 22 Small Isles Scotland Isle of Sheppey ref ... Isles Scotland Shapinsay 30 40 300 Orkney Islands Scotland Bressay 28 41 384 Shetland Islands Scotland ... Census Report 2001 ref 8 2,294 24 Channel Islands Guernsey St. Mary s, Isles of Scilly St Mary ... s Ward ref 6 1,666 26 Isles of Scilly England Thorney Island West Sussex Thorney Island ref http neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk ...   more details



  1. Languages of the British Isles

    languages Brythonic References Reflist Category British Isles ... British rule after the seventeenth century. The nineteenth century saw a dramatic fall in the number ... Welsh emerged in the 6th century from British, the common ancestor of Welsh, Breton language Breton ... west Jersey Percentage speakers 8 Population Parish of Saint Ouen 3,800 Extinct British languages Auregnais ...   more details



  1. Tsunamis affecting the British Isles

    Tsunamis affecting the British Isles are rare, and there have only been three confirmed cases in recorded history. However, meteotsunamis are somewhat more common, especially on the southern coasts of England around the English Channel English and Bristol Channel Bristol Channels . ref citation url http www.sciencedirect.com science article pii S1474706509001181 title Meteo tsunami hazard associated with summer thunderstorms in the United Kingdom first Simon K last Haslett work sciencedirect.com journal Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A B C volume 43 issue 17 18 pages 1016 1022 year 2009 accessdate 8 July 2011 ref ref citation title Meteorological Tsunamis in Southern Britain an Historical Review first Simon K last Haslett work sciencedirect.com journal The Geographical Review volume 99 issue 2 pages 146 163 year 2009 accessdate 8 July 2011 ref Scotland tsunami, 6100 BC The east coast of Scotland was struck by a convert 70 ft m 0 high tsunami around 6100 BC, during the Mesolithic period . The wave was caused by the massive underwater Storegga Slide Storegga slide off Norway, which dates from around the same time. The tsunami even washed over some of the Shetland Islands . Tsunamite the deposits left by a tsunami dating from this event can be found at various locations around the coastal areas of Scotland, and are also a tourist feature in the Montrose Basin , where there is a layer ... to reach Cornwall . Citation needed date September 2011 See also List of earthquakes in the British Isles List of natural disasters in the British Isles References reflist refbegin http www.nmm.ac.uk ... iplayer episode b00dybn6 Timewatch Britains Forgotten Floods refend British Isles state collapsed DEFAULTSORT Tsunamis affecting the British Isles Category Natural disasters in the United ... to an underwater landslide, as no earthquakes were recorded at the time. However the British ... 2011 tsunamiSWEngland2011.html title Meteotsunami & 124 South West England & 124 June 2011 & 124 British ...   more details




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