PART 1: APPRECIATING BRITAIN’S HILLS AND MOUNTAINS: LANDSCAPES OF MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE

This short online MTA session forms part of a free series of informative and interactive webinars designed to help provide continued support for members during the current lockdown.

MTA members who work in Britain’s hills and mountains enjoy landscapes of great social meaning and significance. This is often reflected in enigmatic place names and the naming of plants and animals that reveal ancient associations with the natural environment. An ability to tell the stories contained within the names given to places and features by our ancestors can help our clients further understand and appreciate the significant of our hills and mountains.

This series of MTA webinar sessions aim to help MTA members develop their interest and abilities in the interpretation of hill and mountain landscapes through the naming of places and features.

Part 1 (this session) provides a review of the background this fascinating area of landscape appreciation, outline some of the origins of the way that people have embedded meaning into the landscape through naming since prehistoric times.

Part 2 (13th May) will look in more detail at naming conventions used for hill and mountain landscapes within different parts of Britain. This session will provide guidance on key sources of information for those who would like to develop their interest further.

If you wish to attend both sessions please book on both separately.

Webinar host:

David Broom is an experienced ecologist and runs a number of environmental workshops across various MTA regions throughout the year.

Timings:

We anticipate these sessions will last for up to one hour. There will be some time at the end for Q&A's.

How to book:

Click the Book online button to secure your place.

What happens next:

If you're not already familiar with Zoom.us, you will need to create a free online Zoom account, then you're good to go!

Sign up here.

One day before the event you will receive an email from jo@mountain-training.org containing the Zoom code that allows you to access the webinar online.

Recording the webinar:

Before you book we would like to make you aware that we intend to record all MTA webinars so that we can upload them into the MTA Members' Area as a useful resource for all members to access in the future. If you have any concerns please contact jo@mountain-training.org prior to booking/attending.

We look forward to welcoming you to this session.

Start

06/05/2021 12:00

End

06/05/2021 13:00

Total Days

0.5

Maximum Bookings

75

Bookings

75

Venue

Online Zoom platform

Town

Online

County

Online

Country

UK

Name

Mountain Training Association

Phone

01690 720272

Email