Language: English
Published by University of Exeter, GB, 2009
ISBN 10: 0859898288 ISBN 13: 9780859898287
Seller: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: New. 2nd ed. This book explores an industry that was of profound importance both in terms of the local economy and the history of mining nationally, but is long forgotten: the late medieval royal silver mines at Bere Ferrers in the Tamar Valley.The Bere Ferrers silver mines employed up to 400 men, mining on a scale and at depths not previously possible, and changed forever the way that mining was carried out in medieval Britain.
Language: English
Published by University of Exeter, GB, 2009
ISBN 10: 0859898288 ISBN 13: 9780859898287
Seller: Rarewaves.com UK, London, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: New. 2nd ed. This book explores an industry that was of profound importance both in terms of the local economy and the history of mining nationally, but is long forgotten: the late medieval royal silver mines at Bere Ferrers in the Tamar Valley.The Bere Ferrers silver mines employed up to 400 men, mining on a scale and at depths not previously possible, and changed forever the way that mining was carried out in medieval Britain.