Dispersed settlement
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A dispersed settlement, also known as a scattered settlement, is one of the main types of settlement patterns used by landscape historians to classify rural settlements found in England and other part
Dispersed settlement or Streusiedlung in Brülisau, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland
Bocage
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Bocage is a terrain of mixed woodland and pasture characteristic of parts of northern France, southern England, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, northern Spain and northern Germany, in regions wher
Dispersed settlement
…there are a number of separate farmsteads scattered throughout the area. A dispersed settlement contrasts with a nucleated village. The French term bocage is sometimes used to describe the type of landscape found where dispersed settlements are common. In addition to Western Europe, dispersed patterns of…
Bocage near Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Chelsea porcelain factory candle-holder with bocage background, c. 1765
Bocage country on the Cotentin Peninsula, Lower Normandy
English bocage (Edale valley, Peak District)