Mining in a Medieval Landscape
Rippon, Steve; Claughton, Peter; Smart, Christopher
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Description for Mining in a Medieval Landscape
Hardback. This book explores an industry that was of profound importance both in terms of the local economy and the history of mining nationally, but is long forgotten: the late medieval royal silver mines at Bere Ferrers in the Tamar Valley. Num Pages: 222 pages, highly illustrated. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTK; HDDM; HDL; HDT; KCZ; TDM; TTU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
This book explores an industry that was of profound importance both in terms of the local economy and the history of mining nationally, but is long forgotten: the late medieval royal silver mines at Bere Ferrers in the Tamar Valley.
The Bere Ferrers silver mines employed up to 400 men, mining on a scale and at depths not previously possible, and changed forever the way that mining was carried out in medieval Britain.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Exeter, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780859898270
SKU
V9780859898270
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99-2
About Rippon, Steve; Claughton, Peter; Smart, Christopher
Stephen Rippon is Professor of Landscape Archaeology at the University of Exeter. Peter Claughton is Conservation Officer of the National Association of Mining History Organizations and an active member of the international industrial heritage committee. Chris Smart was responsible for field survey and historic landscape analysis on the Berre Ferres project and discovered and directed excavations at the Roman fort ... Read more
Reviews for Mining in a Medieval Landscape
‘Mining in a Medieval Landscape is not just another ‘local history’, although it has much that will appeal to Devonians. It places the medieval royal mines in their context both nationally and internationally...’ (Devon Archaeological Society) ‘Not only is the book profoundly interesting and readable, it is well-illustrated and produced with a good index, an adequate glossary ... Read more