As a part of a piece of research I'm working on I have a need to get data on
ancient woodlands in Ireland and in adjacent lands - Britain, France, Germany,
Belgium, Holland, Scandinavia. Data from eg Poland, Finland, upland Iberia,
Alpine regions

What I'm after are reports or texts dealing with ancient woodlands from one or
more of the following angles:
- pollen records
- excavated trees/ stumps from waterlogged, submerged or bog lands
- ancient texts locating woodlands at specific identifiable locations

In particular, I'm interested in anything dealing with trees at altitude -
anything over c. 200m OD is of interest. The type of data I'm after includes
dating the presence of specific species at a given site (eg pollen, seed,
preserved stumps, logs) and measurement of growth rates (eg measurement of tree
rings, girth).

Species I'm interested in:
- Ash
- Sessile & Pedunculate Oak
- Rowan
- Alder
- Goat Willow
- Silver & Downy Birch
- Wild & Bird Cherry
- Whitebeam spp.
- Holly
- Wych Elm
- Yew
- Scots Pine

While texts in English or Irish are ideal, anything in French or German would be
welcome, and anything in Latin, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Norse, Danish,
Polish or Swedish would also be of use if the data is an excellent match for my
requirements.

Sources, references, links to websites, hard copy, offers to help, photocopied
journal papers... any and all help would be most gratefully appreciated!

Thanks,

Stiof