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Natural Stone and World Heritage: The Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd 1st Edition
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This book is about the stone used to build the castles of Edward I in North West Wales. It provides a description of the available geological resources and the building materials used in the construction of Caernarfon, Conwy, Harlech and Beaumaris Castles. It takes a broad view of this subject, placing the stone used in the castles in the context of both earlier and later buildings across the region of study, from the Neolithic up until the present day.
The book will serve as a useful source book for geologists, archaeologists, architects, representatives of the natural stone industry, historians and cultural heritage management professionals specifically and for academic and non-academic communities, travellers and tourism industry operators in general.
- ISBN-10036743315X
- ISBN-13978-0367433154
- Edition1st
- PublisherCRC Press
- Publication dateNovember 30, 2021
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
- Print length314 pages
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Ruth Siddall was a lecturer/senior lecturer in Geology at UCL from 1996 to 2013 and currently works in the area of student experience for the Office of the Vice-Provost for Education and Student Affairs (OVPESA) at UCL. She has been working for over 30 years on the applications of geological knowledge and techniques to further the understanding of materiality in cultural heritage, in research fields ranging from prehistoric, Classical and Medieval archaeology to Egyptology. She is also involved in the studying and archiving of building materials used in British cities, both historically and at present day. She was awarded the Halstead Medal by the Geologists’ Association in May 2019.
Product details
- Publisher : CRC Press; 1st edition (November 30, 2021)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 314 pages
- ISBN-10 : 036743315X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0367433154
- Item Weight : 1.5 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
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