9th September 2011, 01:32 PM
I wondered if there was some confusion between a 'bowl-shaped depression' which might be left by the collapsed root system of a tree or bush and a 'tree-bole' (which on my understanding is the above ground part of the root system and the tree trunk up to the level that the first branches begin)....Is the expression 'tree bowl' in common archaeological usage in some parts of the UK? I tried googling 'tree bowl*archaeology' and got no hits....
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