Welsh Slate: Archaeology and History of an Industry

by David Gwyn

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10 1871184517

ISBN-13 9781871184518

Publisher Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales

Imprint Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monum

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 9th, 2015

Print length 292 Pages

Weight 1,674 grams

Dimensions 28.60 x 22.60 x 2.80 cms

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Slates from quarries in Wales once went to roof the world. By the late nineteenth century as many as a third of all the roofing slates produced worldwide came from Wales, competing with quarries in France and the United States. This book traces the history of the industry.

Slates from quarries in Wales once went to roof the world. By the late nineteenth century as many as a third of all the roofing slates produced worldwide came from Wales, competing with
quarries in France and the United States. This book traces the industry from its origins in the Roman period, its slow medieval development, to its massive expansion in the nineteenth
century.

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