A new year and a new idea! Met with Michael Ridsdale, the Head of Landscape at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal and discussed conducting my dissertation at the site. This location is ideal to study water and sediment processes as the site has experienced centuries of change to the water bodies – from the creation of the Abbey Mill in the 1100s to the Georgian water gardens in the 1700s to the Studley Lake dredging project in 2010. This would also allow me to investigate whether methods such as dredging are sustainable for the environment, water quality and tourism, compared to new innovative approaches.
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