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The Peak District is a vital place with landscapes of great beauty
from wild moorlands to walled fields around picturesque villages.
There are few places in the world where such a rich history is
visible in one relatively small but varied landscape. This book
introduces a wealth of archaeological sites and landscapes. It
explores patterns of settlement, with contrasting zones where
villages dominate and others where scattered farmsteads are the
norm. These settlements are found in radically different farming
landscapes, some with medieval origins, others coming later when
extensive upland commons were enclosed. Industrial sites and
landscapes are examined, including those for quarrying for stone
and mining for lead and coal. People have always travelled through
the Peak, with many old routeways now abandoned but still visible.
Water has been vital and it was carefully managed. The landscape
has many surviving prehistoric sites. There are also Roman and
medieval remains built by church and state. Similarly, there are
polite landscapes created by the wealthy contrasting with conflict
landscapes where men trained for war, while others defended their
homeland. The book concludes with description of the ways
individual communities have long cross-cut local differences in
landscape character, each using a wide variety of different
resources.
Underground mine and quarry workings are to be found in all
counties in England. This little-seen and often exciting world has
workings that are different from each other in terms of what was
extracted and how this was achieved. The archaeological evidence
allows us to interpret what was being done and when this took
place. Some places have impressive workings and these have such
things as engine chambers, arched levels, deep shafts, underground
canals, drainage soughs, and discarded equipment. This book
presents a detailed introduction to the underground mining and
quarrying heritage in England. It reviews the many types of mineral
and stone taken from the ground over several millennia and also
looks at the wide range of archaeological remains that survive
today and are accessible to those who venture underground. It is
designed to illustrate the many and varied wonders to be found
underground and give the reader ways forward should they wish to
follow up their interest in particular types of extraction or what
is present in their region.
Gardom's Edge is an area of gritstone upland situated on the
Eastern Moors of the Derbyshire Peak District. Like other parts of
the Eastern Moors, Gardom's Edge has long been renowned for the
wealth of prehistoric field systems, cairns and other structures
which can still be traced across the surface. Drawing on the
results of original survey and excavation, An Upland Biography
documents prehistoric activity across this area, exploring the
changing character of occupation from the Mesolithic to the Iron
Age. It also tacks back and forth between local detail and regional
patterns, to better understand the broader social worlds in which
Gardom's Edge was set.
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