[Tagging] reviving hollow way

Marco Boeringa marco at boeringa.demon.nl
Tue Feb 20 07:30:07 UTC 2018


I am actually a bit surprised by this. It may be a research related 
term, but "hollow way" seems quite common in British English archaeology...

See these links:

- Historic England: 
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1016748
- Shorne Woods Arhaeology Group: 
http://shornewoodsarchaeology.co.uk/sites/hollow-way
- Dalton Woodland Burial Ground: Lime Kiln Plantation Archaeology: 
http://www.daltonwoodlandburial.co.uk/lime-kiln-plantation-archaeology/
- Google book reference: "The Archaeology of Medieval England and 
Wales": 
https://books.google.nl/books?id=sxshBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA108&lpg=PA108&dq=hollow+way+archaeology&source=bl&ots=TREFZqmbG-&sig=XufOw6xWGSBaQTGk9sF-7_YH0Aw&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwju38jR97PZAhXH1qQKHaz6DLYQ6AEIVzAF#v=onepage&q=hollow%20way%20archaeology&f=false
- Harvard University: "Hollow Ways: *Ancient Communication Networks in 
Northern Mesopotamia": 
*https://scholar.harvard.edu/jasonur/pages/hollow-ways-1

Marco

Op 19-2-2018 om 10:51 schreef Andy Townsend:
> On 19/02/2018 09:00, Philip Barnes wrote:
>> Hi Joost
>> As a native English speaker I have never heard the term Hollow Way, 
>> however reading the description it seems that this proposal is 
>> describing what is called a Sunken Lane.
>>
>> I would avoid cutting as that implies something that has been cut 
>> deliberately for the construction of a motorway, railway or canal etc.
>
> The map https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/historic=hollow_way#map 
> suggests that it's been used in Germany by people who think it's an 
> English term.
>
> It's not really used at all in modern English - there are a few 
> placenames called "Holloway" (the one in Derbyshire might be named 
> after the top bit of https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/127047259 ) so 
> it doesn't really make sense to "approve" it as a tag.  If people want 
> to use it locally - fine - and if renderers locally want to use it 
> also fine (under the "any tags you like" principle).
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Andy
>
>
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