Advances in medieval mining and metallurgy enabled the flourishing of Western European civilization. Accessible ores and improved extraction techniques supported economic growth and trade. Innovations like water-powered machinery and better smelting methods increased the productivity and quality of metals.

People have mined and quarried stone and minerals for many thousands of years for a wide range of uses from crafting tools to producing building stone. The earliest evidence for mining and quarrying occurs during the Early Neolithic period around 4000 BC at a time when many innovations were being introduced into the UK.

THE ENGLISH MEDIEVAL QUARRY. By DOUGLAS KNOOP AND G. P. JONES. > HE historical, as distinct from the geological and archxo-logical, evidence relating to medieval English quarries, though not so abundant and detailed as could be desired, exists in sufficient quantity to enable the main features of the

2018年10月22日 · To an archaeologist, a quarry or mine site is where a particular raw material—stone, metal ore, or clay—was mined in the past to be used to make stone tools, to …

Unfortunately within the historiography of the medieval mining industries the individual miner has become lost amongst the host of archetypes created of him.3 The reason has largely been the nature of the documentation, for, as the image of the medieval serf emerged in the early twentieth century out of the

Even in the 19th century, the Tranchot map (1809) of the area shows huge waste dumps, quarry fields and structures of ditches, which could still be seen in the landscape as relics of the extensive medieval quarry activities.

As seen at many medieval building sites, the medieval quarry sites must have had numerous different professions presents. From other European mining regions, for example, we know that there was a difference between the quarrymen underground and the stonecutters on the surface, both in status as in craft.

A new theoretical approach to medieval rural settlement, built on the concept of intensity, is proposed. It is argued that analysing settlements as intensive spaces creates new opportunities to…

Environmental samples, taken from two medieval pits and one post-medieval layer, were devoid of plant remains. The pits were sealed beneath several post-medieval cultivation layers and modern rubble/construction deposits.

Some, such as Inninmore Bay, Lochaber (MHG155) and Dornoch Links (MHG11674) reputedly operated from medieval times, though no dating has been undertaken. Others worth noting include: Isle Martin Discoveries Quarry, near Ullapool, a Torridonian sandstone quarry; Clynelish (MHG32874) and Sputie (MHG30009) near Brora; Hill of Tain (NSA).