Man-made lowlands, a future for ancient dykes in the Netherlands

Report (2014)
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01-05-2014

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Publication of the Cultural Heritage Agency (Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed)

Abstract

Dikes are part and parcel of the Netherlands. Down through the centuries they have played a role in every attempt to make this country inhabitable – in the reclamation of peatland and marshland, as coastal embankments and to enclose polders and flank rivers. This means they are often cultural heritage features of the highest order as they have helped shape the unique character of a particular area. They are icons that reflect our age-old engagement with water.