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 Dartmoor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dartmoor is a National Park in the centre of the English county of Devon.
The Dartmoor landscape is scattered with the marks left by the many generations who have lived and worked there over the centuries - such as the remains of the once mighty Dartmoor tin-mining industry, and farmhouses long since abandoned.
Dartmoor is the birthplace of the popular outdoor pursuit of letterboxing, which has become increasingly popular in recent decades.
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 Industrial archaeology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Industrial archaeology concerns itself with the physical remains of industry.
The study is a multi-disciplinary one encompassing engineering, architecture, economics and social aspects of manufacturing/ extractive industry as well as the transport and utilities sector.
However, as the timeframe of study is relatively recent, industrial archaeology is well placed to develop on the basis of more reliable and absolute recording of its past, present and future than other areas or archaeological interest.
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 Dartmoor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Dartmoor differs from other National Parks in England and Wales, in that since a 1985 Act of Parliament much of it has been designated as 'Access Land', with no restrictions on where walkers can roam.
Indeed the industrial archaeology of Dartmoor is a subject in its own right.
Dartmoor is also the birthplace of the popular outdoor pursuit of letterboxing.
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 Industrial archaeology of Dartmoor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Also, whilst walking on Dartmoor near one of the many warrens, it is entirely possible that you might accidentally stumble into a weasel -trap, placed there originally to capture weasels and stoats attempting to get at the rabbits.
Dartmoor the Wildest Land A few aspects of Dartmoor including legends, letterboxing and letterbox clues.
East Midlands Industrial Archaeology Conference The East Midlands Industrial Archaeology Conference is held every six months and is open to anyone with an interest in the subject.
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 Encyclopedia: Dartmoor
The Dartmoor longhouse is a type of traditional home, found on the high ground of Dartmoor, in the south west of the United Kingdom.
Princetown is a town situated on Dartmoor in the county of Devon in England.
The Dartmoor tin mining industry is thought to have originated as early as pre-Roman times, and continued right through to the 20th century.
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 Encyclopedia: Industrial archaeology
Industrial archaeology concerns itself with the physical remains of the Industrial Revolution.
Jacquard loom on display at Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, England The Jacquard loom is a mechanical loom, invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1801, which used the holes punched in pasteboard punch cards to control the weaving of patterns in fabric.
The Association for Industrial Archaeology is a body supporting the excavation, reporting and preservation of the physical remains of the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom.
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 Industrial archaeology of Dartmoor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The industrial archaeology of Dartmoor covers a number of the industries which have, over the ages, occurred onDartmoor, and the remaining evidence surrounding them.
Also,whilst walking on Dartmoor near one of the many warrens, it is entirely possible that you might accidentally stumble into a weasel -trap, placed there originally to capture weasels and stoats attempting to get atthe rabbits.
The areaonce known as the Turbary of Alberysheved between the River Teign and the headwaters of the RiverBovey is mentioned in the Perambulation of the Forest of Dartmoor of 1240 (by 1609 thename of the area had changed to Turf Hill).
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 Industrial archaeology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Industrial Archaeology Photographs by Jef Poskanzer of abandoned industrial buildings in the United States, with related links.
Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaelology Research, teaching, and service in the history of technology, industrial archaeology, and the history and preservation of historic engineering works.
Industrial Archaeology in California Mark Lakata's comments on sites in and around Richmond, Berkeley, Oakland, San Jose and the south San Francisco Bay area.
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 Industrial archaeology of Dartmoor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The industrial archaeology of Dartmoor covers a number of the industries have over the ages occurred on Dartmoor the remaining evidence surrounding them.
Also whilst on Dartmoor near one of the many it is entirely possible that you might stumble into a weasel -trap placed there originally to capture weasels stoats attempting to get at the rabbits.
The industrial archaeology of Dartmoor (The industrial archaeology of the British Isles)
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 Industrial archaeology of Dartmoor -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The (Click link for more info and facts about industrial archaeology) industrial archaeology of (Click link for more info and facts about Dartmoor) Dartmoor covers a number of the industries which have, over the ages, occurred on Dartmoor, and the remaining evidence surrounding them.
A good general guide to the commercial activities on Dartmoor at the end of the (Click link for more info and facts about 19th century) 19th century is (Click link for more info and facts about William Crossing) William Crossing's The Dartmoor Worker.
Also, whilst walking on Dartmoor near one of the many warrens, it is entirely possible that you might accidentally stumble into a (Small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck) weasel-trap, placed there originally to capture weasels and stoats attempting to get at the rabbits.
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 Dartmoor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Dartmoor is a National Park in the centre of theEnglish county of Devon.
Dartmoor differs from other National Parks in England and Wales, in that since a 1985 Act of Parliament much of it has been designated as 'Access Land', withno restrictions on where walkers can roam.
Indeed the industrial archaeology of Dartmoor is asubject in its own right.
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 Discovering Dartmoor - On-Line Book Store   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This facsimile edition of Crossing's masterpiece includes a section of eight colour illustrations depicting scenes of dartmoor painted by P.G. Stevens (the illustrator of Crossing's original publication), accompanied by a biographical note on the artist himself - written by his grandson Andrew Stevens.
He goes out with the warrener in the chill of a Dartmoor night to observe the professional rabbit-catcher carrying out his skilled evolutions with net or trap.
Still recorded, thus enhanced, are the old industries that have given a particular character and fascination to Dartmoor - on what may appear as high, barren waste and in the border villages and small towns.
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Since then the area had become so overgrown with gorse and scrub that the open clay channels which carried the liquid clay down from the moor could no longer be seen and the large circular clay settling pits, already robbed of much of their stone lining, were obscured by gorse.
This part of Dartmoor has a long history of industrial use and this important archaeological site helps to contribute to our knowledge of the history of the china clay industry in the region.
First mined on Dartmoor in the 1830s, kaolin is the basis of the main mining industry on Dartmoor today.
www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk /dnp/news/nr209992.html   (441 words)

  
 Industrial Archaeology
The key to the mineral wealth of this part of the country lies in the presence of the group of granite outcrops that form a backbone to the area, running from Dartmoor to the Scilly Isles, where the granite is largely covered by sea.
Dartmoor is a fairly unforgiving place; I visited this site with a party and an experienced guide some years ago, and he tried to take us on a short cut.
Dartmoor granite is a very hard-wearing stone, but is a long way from good transport links, which has restricted its commercial viability.
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 Industrial archaeology of Dartmoor - Wikipedia
In former times, tin and copper were mined extensively on Dartmoor.
The word Wheal has a particular meaning in Devon and Cornwall being either a tin or a copper mine.
Farming has been practiced on Dartmoor since times immemorial.
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 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Look for Industrial archaeology of dartmoor in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project.
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Mohmed Hussien El Chimy Industrial archaeology of Dartmoor Lanark Lanimers Richard John Griffith John Taylor (poet) Stowe, Buckinghamshire George Wither Moreandgt; Copyrights: Thesaurus synonyms of perambulation...
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 BBC Online - Devon - Great Outdoors - Dartmoor Diary
Last month we studied the animal synonymous to Dartmoor, this time we're going to take a look at the archaeology of the moors.
From time to time we should take a look at the industrial archaeology of Dartmoor, as it's played a considerable part in the shaping of the landscape in a variety of different ways.
There were those that sunk personal fortunes into trying to tame Dartmoor only to find that the geographical situation, the geological bedrock and the ever changing climate and weather led to them losing all they had invested.
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 4Reference || Industrial archaeology of Dartmoor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Peat-cutting Peat-cutting for fuel occurred at some locations on Dartmoor until certainly the 1970s, usually for personal consumption.
Mining In former times, lead, silver, tin and copper were mined extensively on Dartmoor.
Quarrying Dartmoor granite has been used in many Devon and Cornish buildings.
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 FOCUS on Industrial Archaeology No   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Textile industries developed, hugely by Coates in Paisley, but also in other areas, including the manufacture of netting for the burgeoning herring industry, and in the l850s sewing machines were developed strongly.
The very early industry is largely undescribed and undocumented, but Michael's quite encyclopaedic knowledge quoted a mine of remarkable documents acquired by devious means from the most secretive of companies.
Once industry has ceased it is demolished swiftly; he pointed out that it is rare that records can be made before closure, and if no effort has been made to preserve it will be gone in barely a twink with no record for posterity.
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 SECOND HAND IND ARCHEOL BOOKS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This issue includes articles on Industrial archaeology in Fiji, Mining technology in a West Scotland colliery 1770-1800, The South Shropshire lead mines, The industrial history of Hayle and Plate rails at Codnor Park.
Part of the Industrial Archaeology of the British Isles series, this book consists of the four 1970 issues of the Journal Industrial Archaeology complete with illustrated notes and news as a bound volume with index.
Geological significance of the Dolyhir and Nash Scar limestone of the Welsh borderland, 6.
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 Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society
Archaeology as well as industrial archaeology seems to be an inspiration for some recent work.
A working demonstration of an obsolescent robotic production line is close to industrial archaeology but if it can't be made to work then maybe that's art.
Further along we came to the tower of St John at Wapping, all that remains of the bombed church, and beside it the old school with its Coade Stone figures of a boy and a girl.
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 DTRG Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group (DTRG) studies and explores the tinworking and tin mining heritage of Dartmoor.
The tinners and tin miners of Devon have left a lasting mark on the appearance of Dartmoor and on the cultural and historical development of its communities.
Extensive records relating to the tin industry survive from the 12th century onwards.
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 Definition of Dartmoor
This is not connected with the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, which in due course will establish similar rights in other rural parts of the country.
Much of it, in fact, is owned by the Duke of Cornwall, a title held under a charter of Edward III by the heir to the throne of England, better know as the Prince of Wales.
The list of authors can be found here.
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 Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Archaeology of Mining and Metallurgy in South-West Britain, Philip Newman (ed).
Tin and Agriculture in the Middle Ages and Beyond: Landscape Archaeology in St. Neot Parish Cornwall, Austin, D, Greeves, T, and Gerrard, G.A.M. Cornish Archaeology 28 pp 5-251.
Tinners and Tenants on South-West Dartmoor: A Case Study in Landscape History, P Newman.
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 English Books > Archaeology > Industrial Archaeology > Index > World Retail Store   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Clay Pipe Industry in the Parish of Newington, Southwark
Industrial Heritage of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
Texture Of Industry: An Archaeological View Of The Industrialization Of North America
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 eBay.co.uk - industrial archaeology, Great Britain, Non-Fiction Books, Postcards items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN Buchanan 1974 H/B D/J 
INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF NORTH WEST ENGLAND by ASHMORE 
Industrial Archaeology of Derbyshire by Nixon 1969 1st 
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 Industrial archaeology of Dartmoor, Mining - Plymouth Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Industrial archaeology of Dartmoor, Mining - Plymouth Articles
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The Industrial archaeology of Dartmoor article is licensed under the GFDL.
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 Learn more about Industrial archaeology in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Learn more about Industrial archaeology in the online encyclopedia.
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