MOUNTAINS AND OREFIELDS: METAL MINING LANDSCAPES OF MID AND NORTH-EAST WALES
Written by Nick Jones, Mark Walters, Pat Frost
Published by Council For British Archaeology
in 2004
ISBN: 1902771478
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MINING
- LANDSCAPE
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY
MOUNTAINS AND OREFIELDS: METAL MINING LANDSCAPES OF MID AND NORTH-EAST WALES
Written by Nick Jones, Mark Walters, Pat Frost.
Stock no. 1327029
1st.
2004.
Softcover.
Large format.
Very good condition.
CBA Research Report 142. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos, diagrams and maps. 192 pages. ISBN: 1902771478. Some light creasing to page corner tips else contents clean. Lower corners and spine bumped and worn, damp damage to base of textblock.
Front cover
Contents
- List of conventions
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- List of contributors
- Summaries - English, Welsh, French and German
- Introduction
- by Mark Walters and Nigel Jones
- Background to the study
- The meaning of metal mining landscapes
- Recording methodology and presentation of survey results
- Access and safety considerations
- 1 Geological and historical background
- by Mark Walters
- Where the metal ores are to be found
- A brief history of mining in mid and north-east Wales
- Prehistoric mining
- Roman mining
- Medieval mining
- Post-medieval mining
- Mining in the industrial era
- 2 Interpreting the mining landscapes of mid Wales
- by Nigel Jones and Pat Frost
- Craig-y-Mwyn, Llanrhaedr-ym-Mochnant, Powys
- Cwm Elan, Rhayader, Powys
- Cwm Orog, Llangytnog, Powys
- Dalrhiw and
- ant y Car South, Llanwrthwl, Powys
- Gwestyn, Llanidloes, Powys
- Nant yr Eira, Llangurig, Powys
- Nantygarw, Llanwrthwl, Powys
- Nantiago, Llangurig, Powys
- Pen Dylife, Llanbynmair and Trefeglwys, Powys
- Penyclun, Llanidloes, Powys
- 3 Interpreting the mining landscapes of north-east Wales
- by Pat Frost and Nigel Jones
- Halkyn Mountain, Holywell, Flintshire
- Belgrave, Llanarmon-yn-ial, Denbighshire
- Eisteddfod, Minera, Wrexham
- Top Eisteddfod
- Hush Eisteddfod
- Ragman
- Eisteddfod Mine
- Twelve Apostles
- Lower Park. Minera, Wrexham
- Pool Park, Minera, Wrexham
- Talargoch, Clive Shaft, Dyserth, Denbighshire
- 4 Managing mining landscapes
- by Mark Walters
- Handling modern pressures on former mining landscapes
- Welsh mining landscapes displayed
- Appendix1: Gazetteer of metal mines in mid Wales
- Appendix 2: Gazetteer of metal mines in north-east Wales
- Glossary of mining terms
- Bibliography
- Index, by Susan Vaughan