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Natural Stone and World Heritage: The Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd - Hardcover

Book 4 of 5: Natural Stone and World Heritage

Siddall, Ruth

 
9780367433154: Natural Stone and World Heritage: The Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 036743315X ISBN 13: 9780367433154
Publisher: CRC Press, 2021

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

This book is about the stone used to build the castles of Edward I in North West Wales. It describes the available geological resources and the building materials used in the construction of Caernarfon, Conwy, Harlech and Beaumaris Castles. It places the stone used in the castles in the context of buildings, from the Neolithic to the present day.

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Publisher
CRC Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
036743315X
ISBN 13 
9780367433154
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
314