Hers meant iree and spoke of the ancient soil.

Based on scientists' analyses of tree rings, ancient soils and other evidence, the answer is almost certainly yes.

It was one of the oldest monasteries on ancient Bavarian soil.

The two men filmed a short documentary praising their ancient alluvial soil.

He longed to step through the glass, to touch that ancient soil.

An incongruity, Starmer thought: those sensitive white fingers had nothing in common with this ancient soil.

Soon the trees would come crashing down, exposing ancient lateritic soils.

Some of the ancient preserved soils show that an extensive flood plain forest was present.

Tanks tread there now, and companies pump oil from beneath the ancient soil.

This is only useful where large amounts of the ancient soil are available, which is rarely the case.