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Forth Naturalist and Historian, volume 24 Published by the Forth Naturalist and Historian, University of Stirling – an approved charity and member of the Scottish Publishers Association. 2001. ISSN 0309-7560 EDITORIAL BOARD Stirling University – D. Bryant (Chairman); D. McLusky, J. Proctor – Biological Sciences; H. Kilpatrick, M. Thomas – Environmental Sciences; L. Ross – Dean Natural Sciences; K. Sankey – DAICE; H. Dingwall and M. Penman – History. J. Gallagher, W. Inglis, K. Mackay and R. McCutcheon. Honorary Secretary: Lindsay Corbett, the University and 30 Dunmar Drive, Alloa. Honorary Editors: N. Dix and L. Corbett. ISBN 1-898008-42-6 Single copies may be taken of single articles provided due acknowledgement is made and the copies are for non-profit education or private use. Supported by BP in Scotland. Cover: front– Loch Katrine by Lavery, courtesy of the National Gallery of Scotland. back– Spiders – Pardosa nigriceps and Tetragnatha extensa, courtesy of Dick Jones. Printed by Meigle Printers Ltd., Tweedbank Industrial Estate, Galashiels. Set in Zapf Calligraphic on Edixion gsm and cover Go Gloss Art 250 gsm.
Forth Naturalist and Historian, volume 24 3 POLLEN ANALYSES AND HISTORIC LANDSCAPE CHANGE AT ASHENTROOL, MENSTRIE GLEN Richard Tipping, Richard Waldron and David C. Cowley Introduction Menstrie Glen, a small valley at the western end of the Ochils, preserves an extensive relict farming landscape of medieval and later date. Combined archaeological survey by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland and documentary searches by John Harrison (RCAHMS forthcoming) have illuminated the history of farming and settlement of the glen over the last circa 500 years. This brief report summarises the history of the vegetation and land use change as seen by a set of detailed, though tentatively dated, pollen analyses of a small peat deposit at Ashentrool, in the northern part of the survey area (Figure 1). The analyses provide insights into the landscape history of this part of Menstrie Glen over about the last 300 years, which complement those drawn from the archaeological and documentary survey. The Site, Methods of Analysis and Presentation of Results Ashentrool (NGR NN 827 004) is in the upper reaches of Menstrie Glen. The site sampled is a small peat deposit, some 200 m in diameter and 1.78 m deep at the point sampled, lying on a broad terrace at 315 m OD on the western flank of Loss Hill (Figure 1). The peat deposit formed initially in a small pond, though when is not known, dammed behind a rock-bar that is being cut through by a small west-flowing stream. Immediately adjacent to the peat deposit relict cultivation remains are visible, occupying areas of well-drained brown forest soils of the Balrownie Association, and later ‘herring-bone’ drainage ditches can be seen on the shallow hill and valley-floor peat. The topmost 60 cm of peat were sampled with a 100 cm closed-chamber Russian corer, transported in clean plastic guttering to the laboratory, and stored at 4°C. Twenty-two sub-samples were prepared for analysis by standard chemical techniques (Moore et al., 1991). Stained residues from this treatment were counted to sums of at least 300 land pollen grains (Figure 2) on an Olympus CH2 binocular microscope at magnification x400, and x1000 for critical determinations and size measurements. Only selected taxa recorded at more than two horizons are presented in Figure 2; full counts are available in Waldron (1997). Pollen taxa were identified from standard keys and reference collections. Pollen types in Figure 2 are those of Moore et al. (1991). Data are drawn as percentages of total land pollen (tlp), i.e., for pollen types thought to derive from dryland surfaces, or tlp+group for pollen types and spores not seen as of terrestrial origin. Dating of events is currently based on the occurrence of spruce (Picea) pollen in contiguous peat samples above a depth of 6 cm below the surface. It
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