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Re:'Right to roam' movement fights to give the commons back ... by abeppu on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:38AM (#40441558)
> No one says it was "stolen from common people", because they have always owned it.

... but enclosure acts were specific legislative acts which privatized land and removed common access. I.e. common people had access to the land, and it was taken away. Whether it is "stolen" is perhaps messier to decide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure#Parliamentary_Inclos...

Being a monarchy is orthogonal; Norway has a king and right to roam, for example.

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Re:'Right to roam' movement fights to give the commons back ... by arethuza on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:40AM (#40441581)
Scotland is part of the UK and has right to roam.
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Re:'Right to roam' movement fights to give the commons back ... by abeppu on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:58AM (#40441847)
I've heard about Scottish bothies. As an American, culturally it seems hard to imagine not only a right to walk over private land, but land owners sometimes even donating shelter for use by strangers, for free.
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Re:'Right to roam' movement fights to give the commons back ... by arethuza on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @11:12AM (#40441998)
Bothies are awesome:

https://www.mountainbothies.org.uk/

My favourite is probably Camasunary:

https://annestravelsandhikes.com/2018/02/16/a-walk-to-camasu...

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Re:'Right to roam' movement fights to give the commons back ... by vincebowdren on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @11:27AM (#40442182)
> I.e. common people had access to the land

Only in a limited sense. The public did not have access to the land; specific "commoners" (local farmers) had specific usage rights e.g. for grazing.

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