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  1. The Caledonian forests were formed at the end of the last ice age. Trees began to recolonise what is now the British Isles over a land bridge which is now beneath the English Channel. Forests of this type were found all over what is now the island of Great Britain for a short period.
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    The Ancient Caledonian Forest once covered most of the Highlands below the rugged mountain tops, but over the centuries it was diminished and fragmented by clearance for human activities like agriculture, the production of timber for two world wars and overgrazing by red deer and sheep.
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    Stretching across 15,000 square kilometres, the rich Caledonian Forest – the UK’s last great wilderness expanse – was once a diverse, natural forest lining Scotland’s hills and glens. Over the centuries, vast tracts were deforested in the Highlands, the land cleared for cattle and sheep rearing. Much of the UK’s megafauna was removed.
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    Following the last glacial period, trees began to recolonise what is now the British Isles over a land bridge which is now beneath the Strait of Dover. Forests of this type were found all over what is now the island of Great Britain for a few thousand years, before the climate began to slowly warm inSee more

    The Caledonian Forest is the ancient (old-growth) temperate forest of Scotland. The forest today is a reduced-extent version of the pre-human-settlement forest, existing in several dozen remnant areas.
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    In the Matter of Britain, the forest is the site of one of King Arthur's Twelve Battles, according to the Historia Brittonum, in which the battle is called Cat Coit Celidon. Scholars See more

    A review of the native pinewoods of Scotland Steven & Carlisle (1959) highlighted the plight of the remaining 35 ancient pinewood sites, many of which had been damaged by … See more

    The name comes from Pliny the Elder who reveals that 30 years after the Roman invasion of Britain their knowledge of it did not extend beyond … See more

    Being a unique ecosystem in the British Isles, the Caledonian Pinewoods are home to some of the islands' rarest wildlife. It is considered to be one of the last remaining … See more

    Bain (2013) lists 38 ancient pinewood sites in Britain which have been identified as the most genuinely native and natural. All of them occur in the … See more

     
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  5. WEBMar 16, 2016 · The forest takes its name from the Romans who referred to Scotland as ‘Caledonia’, meaning 'wooded heights' in Latin. The dominant species of the Caledonian Forest, the Scot pines, are direct …

  6. WEBSupporting an abundance of wildlife, some found nowhere else in Britain. This is the Caledonian Forest that Trees for Life envisions for Scotland. A great forest has been here before but has now gone after centuries of …

  7. WEBFor thousands of years, Scotland was covered by a vast primeval rainforest. Scots pine, birch, rowan, aspen and juniper woodlands formed what was the Caledonian Forest – named by Romans intent...

  8. WEBCaledonian forest is an oceanic version of the boreal forest found around the globe at high latitudes. There are fewer than 100 sites in the central and north-east Grampian mountains and northern and western Highlands; …

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    WEBThe Caledonian Forest covered huge swathes of Scotland, and even reached the Western Isles and Shetland 5,000 years ago. A change to a cooler and wetter climate, along with human activity, led...

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