Pieced together by sound artist Dave Howell, this soundscape explores the issue of flood protection in the Lower Severn Vale, specifically focusing on the extensive system of rhines cut into the grassy, low-lying landscape which drain excess water from the land, channeling and emptying it out through muddy pills and into the river at low tide. It features interviews with Matthew Riddle, a local farmer, councillor and board member of the Lower Severn Drainage Board, who discusses the necessity of keeping this system maintained through annual cutting and clearing; and with Sally Pattison, biodiversity officer at South Gloucestershire Council, who looks at these interconnected, corridor-like watercourses from the perspective of an important wildlife habitat and ecosystem.

Channelling Water - the rhine system in the Lower Severn Vale

a forgotten landscape