Author: David Johnson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445672472
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 169
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The story of how stone was won is an important part of our disappearing heritage: this book explores the rich legacy of quarrying across Cumbria.
Author: Gordon Edgar
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445648342
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Gordon Edgar explores the industrial and minor railways of Cumberland and Westmorland.
Author: Anne Teather
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1789251516
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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The social processes involved in acquiring flint and stone in the Neolithic began to be considered over thirty years ago, promoting a more dynamic view of past extraction processes. Whether by quarrying, mining or surface retrieval, the geographic source locations of raw materials and their resultant archaeological sites have been approached from different methodological and theoretical perspectives. In recent years this has included the exploration of previously undiscovered sites, refined radiocarbon dating, comparative ethnographic analysis and novel analytical approaches to stone tool manufacture and provenancing. The aim of this volume in the Neolithic Studies Group Papers is to explore these new findings on extraction sites and their products. How did the acquisition of raw materials fit into other aspects of Neolithic life and social networks? How did these activities merge in creating material items that underpinned cosmology, status and identity? What are the geographic similarities, constraints and variables between the various raw materials, and how does the practise of stone extraction in the UK relate to wider extractive traditions in northwestern Europe? Eight papers address these questions and act as a useful overview of the current state of research on the topic.
Author: Alastair Cameron
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445651319
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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In this illustrated history, Alastair Cameron explores the history and heritage of the slate mining industry in the Lake District.
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government Publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
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Author: I. M. Tyler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anhydrite
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Author: Mervyn Dodd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780955845314
Category : Iron mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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Author: Adam Morgan Ibbotson
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 075099763X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
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Whether it is Hadrian's Wall, Kendal Castle or the beautiful fells of the Lake District – for thousands of years people have found a certain elegance and utility in stone. Nestled amongst these common relics are a multitude of massive stone monuments, built over 3,000 years before British shores were ever touched by Roman sandals. Cumbria's 'megalithic' monuments are among Europe's greatest and best-preserved ancient relics but are often poorly understood and rarely visited. Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments aims to dispel the idea that these stones are merely 'mysterious'. Instead, within this book you will find credible answers, using up-to-date research, excavation notes, maps and diagrams to explore one of Britain's richest archaeological landscapes. Featuring stunning original photography and newly illustrated diagrams of every megalithic site in the county, Adam Morgan Ibbotson invites you to take a journey into a land sculpted by ancient hands.
Author: H. Gill
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203975316
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 625
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Spon's Quarry Guide provides complete and up-to-date information on all of Britain's hard rock quarrying industry. For over 700 quarries it gives full address, OS Map Number and grid reference, telephone and contact names. Rock type, colour, grain and products are listed. The Guide also gives, for the first time in any publication, the plant and equipment used at each quarry used for drilling, secondary breaking, load and haul and crushing.
Author: A.G. Tindle
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1780466854
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 625
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Minerals of Britain and Ireland is a completely comprehensive treatment of the minerals found in Britain, Ireland and the surrounding islands.
