ABSTRACT
This chapter describes some more developed reflexive thoughts as to the consequences of exploring landscape–heritage relations. It discusses the methodological and theoretical practicalities of how work has – and might be – further developed, before turning to a case study. Thinking about the landscape of Exmoor (UK) and the iconic site of Tarr Steps in Exmoor allows us to make some critical interventions in how people understand landscape-heritage relations and point, perhaps, to how further research may be fruitful. The dynamic relationship between landscape and heritage is made most clearly in studies of national landscape. National Parks preserve special qualities of landscape for the nation – an essentialised nation being authenticated by reference to 'special qualities', which are articulated through notions of heritage. Exmoor was designated a National Park in 1954, enshrining the qualities of the landscape in the region as heritage.
