Bog Oak in the Press
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27th February 2009
BBC Radio 4, Today Programme
Farmers ploughing their fields in the Fens have been uncovering an unusually large number of "bog oaks" - ancient remnants of the forests which once covered Britain preserved deep in the peat soils of the Eastern counties. Environment correspondent Sarah Mukherjee explains the importance of such finds.
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"Bog oaks" reveal ancient forest