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Books Cumbria : History : Archaeology

Archaeology

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Strongholds of the Border Reivers

Keith Durham
£11.99

In the year 1296, Edward I of England launched a series of vicious raids across the Anglo-Scottish Border in his attempt to annexe Scotland.

Published by : Osprey
Published date : March 2008
Format : 182mm x 248mm paperback

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Studies in Northern Prehistory

Peter Cherry
£30.00

This is a collection of wide-ranging essays to commemorate the memory of Clare Fell, a president of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society and pre-eminent as a Cumbrian prehistorian - but by no means exclusively a prehistorian of Cumbria.

Published by : CWAAS
Published date : April 2007
Format : 180mm x 250mm hardback

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The Carlisle Millenium Project - Excavations in Carlisle 1998-2001 Vol 2 : Finds


£25.00

From 1997 to 2001, works associated with Carlisle City Council's Gateway City (Millenium) Project on Castle Way and Castle Gardens provided an important opportunity to conduct a programme of archaeological excavations on the site of the Roman fort at Carlisle, and to examine the development of part of the medieval castle, which occupies most of the fort site.


Published by : Oxford Archaeology North
Published date : April 2010
Format : 302mm x 215mm hardback

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The Carlisle Millenium Project - Excavations in Carlisle 1998-2001 Vol 1 : Stratigraphy


£25.00

From 1997 to 2001, works associated with Carlisle City Council's Gateway City (Millenium) Project on Castle Way and Castle Gardens provided an important opportunity to conduct a programme of archaeological excavations on the site of the Roman fort at Carlisle, and to examine the development of part of the medieval castle, which occupies most of the fort site.



Published by : Oxford Archaeology North
Published date : April 2010
Format : 304mm x 216mm hardback

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The Construction of Hadrian's Wall

Peter Hill
£16.99

This book examines every aspect of the work needed to construct Hadrian's Wall and analyses all the building operations including quarrying, stone dressing, transport and scaffolding. It is presented in a form accessible to the interested layman as well as to the student, and among other new conclusions throws light on the attitude of the Roman army at work.

Published by : Tempus
Published date : October 2006
Format : 250mm x 170mm paperback

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The Cross Slab Grave Covers of Cumbria

Peter Ryder
£4.00

This book is the result of a study of cross slabs throughout Cumbria, undertaken in the 1990s, in which 160 medieval church and monastic sites were visited and 447 slabs recorded. As the name implies, cross slabs are blocks of stone, usually the size and shape of a coffin lid, bearing as their principle motif a full-length cross.

Published by : Cumbria County Council
Published date : 2001
Format : Large paperback.

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The Great Wall of Britain: A Walk Along Hadrian's Wall

Anton Hodge
£10.00

Whether you have walked the Wall, are planning to, are interested in the history of northern England, or simply like to sit down with a book that will leave you smiling and crying at the same time, this is an entertaining account of 2,000 years of history.

Published by : Hayloft
Published date : 2004
Format : Paperback.

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The History of Lead Mining in the North East of England

Les Turnbull
£8.99

This is an invaluable introduction to lead mining and smelting with fascinating period photographs. It also has two suggested tours of the region.

Published by : Ergo Press
Published date : 2006
Format : small paperback

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The Medieval Cross Slab Grave Covers in Cumbria

Peter Ryder
£20.00

This is a complete illustrated and annotated list of the extant grave-covers, bearing a cross not an effigy, in Cumbria. Widely distributed, often misunderstood, frequently neglected, and sometimes wilfully destroyed, such grave covers are an important class among medieval memorials.

Published by : CWAAS
Published date : 2005
Format : Large hardback.

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The Wall - Rome's Greatest Frontier

Alistair Moffat
£16.99

Hadrian's Wall is the largest single Roman monument in the world and the most impressive Roman legacy north of the Alps.

Published by : Birlinn
Published date : May 2008
Format : 234mm 156mm hardback

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Vindolanda - A Roman Frontier Fort on Hadrian's Wall

Robin Birley
£16.99

The beautiful site the Romans called Vindolanda lies in south-west Northumberland, in the district of Tynedale, more or less half way between the North Sea east of Newcastle and the Irish Sea to the west of Carlisle.

Published by : Amberley
Published date : April 2009
Format : 170mm x 248mm softback

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