British Archaeology
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From Machair to Mountains: Archaeological Survey And Excavation in South Uist [Hardback]
Michael Parker Pearson (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781842174517
Published by : Oxbow Books
South Uist in the Outer Hebrides has some of the best preserved archaeological remains within Britain and even further afield. Three distinct ecological zones - grassland machair plain, peaty blackland and mountains - each bear the imprint of h... .... Learn More -
On Track: The Archaeology of High Speed 1 Section 1 in Kent [Paperback]
Paul Booth (Author); Timothy C. Champion (Author); Stuart Foreman (Author); Paul Garwood (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9780954597085
Published by : Oxford Archaeology
High Speed 1 (HS1) is the first new railway to be built in Britain for over a century and is the UKs first high speed railway. The publication of this volume celebrates the immense scale and award-winning quality of the archaeological and hist... .... Learn More -
Bewsey Old Hall, Warrington, Cheshire: Excavations 1977-81 and 1983-5 [Paperback]
Christine Howard-Davis (Author);Jennifer Lewis (Author);Richard Heawood (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781907686023
Published by : Oxford Archaeology
Series: LANCASTER IMPRINTS
Volume: 17
The origins of Bewsey Old Hall, in the Royal Forest of Burtonwood, probably lie in the late twelth or early thirteenth century, when it was held by the influential Butler family, barons of Warrington. Although much altered and diminished, Bews... .... Learn More -
Prehistoric Gloucestershire [Paperback]
Timothy Darvill (Author)
Regular Price: £16.99
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9781848684201
Published by : Amberley Publishing
From the camps and caves occupied by hunter-gatherer groups visiting the area during the last Ice Age, through the long barrows and camps of the first farmers, to the massive hillforts and enclosures built by Celtic chieftains in the centuries ... .... Learn More -
Lough Swilly: A Living Landscape [Hardback]
Andrew Cooper (Author)
£29.95ISBN: 9781846823077
Published by : Four Courts Press
Nestled between Fanad and Inishowen peninsulas on Irelands most northern coast, is Lough Swilly, one of the largest of Irelands sea loughs. This book explores Lough Swilly from the evolution of the present landscape during the geological past t... .... Learn More -
The Making of Carlisle: From Romans to Railways [Paperback]
Keith Stringer (Author);Mark Brennand (Author)
£15.00ISBN: 9781873124505
Published by : Cumberland & Westmorland
In recent years Carlisle has been the subject of significant archaeological and historical research, not least in the form of the Carlisle Millennium Project. This beautifully illustrated and reasonably priced book aims to make the findings of ... .... Learn More -
New Directions in Local History Since Hoskins [Paperback]
Christopher Dyer (Author);Evelyn Lord (Author);Andrew Hopper (Author);N Tringham (Author)
£16.99ISBN: 9781907396120
Published by : Hertfordshire UP
Taking the work of Hoskins as a starting point, the contributors to this volume show how local history is being researched and written today. Fifteen historians write about a variety of local history subjects which are significant in their own ... .... Learn More -
Winds of Change: The Living Landscapes of Hirta, St Kilda [Hardback]
Jill Harden (Author);Olivia Lelong (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9780903903295
Published by : Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
This volume publishes a project of excavations and survey which took place on the island of Hirta, St Kilda, from 1991-2006, concentrating on the landscape around Village Bay. The results of this work have illuminated the complex processes and ... .... Learn More -
St Saviour's Church and Parsonage (1855-6), Mortimer West End, Hampshire-Berkshire Border: Building on the Englefield Estate during the Victorian boom [Paperback]
J.R.L. Allen (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781407308142
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
A comprehensive study of the construction of a small Victorian church, designed in the Gothic style, and its associated parsonage. Allen details the architect, the composition of the workforce, the materials used, the progress of the building ... .... Learn More -
The Hulks of Forton Lake, Gosport [Paperback]
Mark Beattie-Edwards (Author); Julie Satchell (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781407308135
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This volume publishes the results of a community archaeology project led by the Nautical Archaeology Society and the HWTMA to investigate vessels abandoned in Forton Lake, a creek off Portsmouth Harbour. The project researched in detail the ar... .... Learn More

