The Peak District
Landscapes Through Time
John Barnatt and Ken Smith
| Price: | £17.00 |
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| Published: | June 2004 |
| ISBN: | 0-9545575-5-7 |
| Details: | PB, 160 pp, illus: 14 colour, 74 b/w |
Synopsis
The Peak District - Britain's first National Park - has some of Britain's richest archaeological landscapes.
This new edition of the indispensable introduction and guide to the area's landscape draws on the extensive archaeological research that has taken place in the Peak since 1997. With new maps and interpretations, it tells the story of a famous landscape's evolution.
Prehistoric barrows, stone circles, Romano-British settlements, medieval fields, ancient drove-ways, nineteenth-century lead mines: all are prominent in this extraordinary area. The authors in particular explore the Peak's prehistoric sacred landscapes, such as the great henge at Arbor Low; the dramatic impact of farmers on the land in medieval and post-medieval times; and the industrial archaeology- the lead rakes, quarries and coal mine shafts that pock-mark the landscape. The book also features an updated gazetteer of sites and a comprehensive bibliography.
Reviews
'Authoritative and well-illustrated.can confidently be read by those wishing to be introduced to the area.' British Archaeology
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