Natural Stone and World Heritage : The Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Natural Stone and World Heritage)

Siddall, Ruth

CRC Press（2021/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 314 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780367433154
• DDC分類 691.20942925

Full Description

This book is about the stone used to build the castles of Edward I in North West Wales. It provides a description of the available geological resources and the building materials used in the construction of Caernarfon, Conwy, Harlech and Beaumaris Castles. It takes a broad view of this subject, placing the stone used in the castles in the context of both earlier and later buildings across the region of study, from the Neolithic up until the present day.

The book will serve as a useful source book for geologists, archaeologists, architects, representatives of the natural stone industry, historians and cultural heritage management professionals specifically and for academic and non-academic communities, travellers and tourism industry operators in general.

Contents

1. Introduction. 2. Regional Geology, Building Stones and Quarries in North West Wales. 3. North West Wales before Edward I. 4. The Castles and Town Walls of Edward I. 5. Building the Towns of North West Wales: Churches, Civic Centres and Manor Houses. 6. The Building Stones of North West Wales: A Final Word