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Silvanus

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Silvanus in Roman religion, ancient pastoral deity, protector of uncultivated lands. It was also said that he was the guardian of field boundaries, flocks, and herds. Like the Greek Pan, with whom he was often identified, he could be dangerous as well as beneficent.


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Countryside Management Scheme: RESTORATION OF HEDGES AND WALLS.(News)
; ...food, shelter and safe havens. Good field boundaries are also important for stock control...disease. Plenty of hedges Most of our field boundaries were established by tenant farmers...Ireland has the highest density of field boundaries in the UK with an average of 17 km... Read more
Hedgerow homes in peril.(News)
; ...they plant crops more than two metres from the centre of field boundaries. Darren Moorcroft, RSPB conservation officer, said: The...RSPB that farmers should carry on maintaining hedges and field boundaries on the basis that they will be included in next year's... Read more
New light on park's past
; ...identify the estate's archaeological sites, buildings, field boundaries and woodlands. Some of the many points of interest include...surviving examples in the UK. The archaeologists discovered old field boundaries and earthworks, again thought to be among the best examples... Read more
Traditional skills are in the spotlight.(Business)
; ...group set up to tackle the decline in hedgerows and other field boundaries. Its objectives are to promote management which maximises the wildlife and amenity value of field boundaries, including drystone walls. Durham County Council is part... Read more
Farm Post: RSPB in plea to growers.
; ...plant crops more than two metres from the centre of their field boundaries. Farmers and conservationists fear that if hedges are slashed...RSPB that farmers should carry on maintaining hedges and field boundaries on the basis they will be included in next year's claims... Read more
Tour of the Vale.(News)
; ...Experiment In Looking, the walk will start at 2pm at the village shop in Bonvilston and will explore some of the Vale's past, including a post-medieval freshwater spring, a Welsh long barn and field boundaries. For more details, call 0906 802 0224. Read more
Scrub fire turns back the ages.(News)
; ...ferry port in Pembrokeshire. But it did reveal evidence of field boundaries and a burial mound indicating the presence of a 3,000-year-o...also found what appear to be the remains of prehistoric field boundaries as we know exist on other headlands in north Pembrokeshire... Read more
REPS 4 sparks boom in hedgerow planting.(FARMING)
; ...water courses, retaining wildlife habitats and maintaining field boundaries - as well as adopting two optional measures. Among the...tillage or those whose holdings do not have stone wall field boundaries. In response to the level of farmer interest in both hedgerow... Read more
Record entry set to test country skills.(News)
; ...with the fruits of their endeavours helping to keep the field boundaries at the award-winning museum's early 1800s Pockerley Manor...management that maximises the wildlife and amenity value of field boundaries, including drystone walls, in the working landscape. Durham... Read more
Take a guided walk in Vale.(News)
; ...on Saturday. The event starts at 2pm outside the village shop in Bonvilston, and explores the county's architecture and field boundaries as well as taking in a natural spring made to look like a well. A collection of pounds 2 goes towards the society's general... Read more

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