Download or read book Brean Down written by Martin Bell and published by English Heritage Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excavations made necessary by coastal erosion have revealed probably the best preserved Bronze Age settlement sequence in Southern Britain. Five metres of deposits contained five prehistoric occupation phases separated by blown sand and eroded soil. The two lowest horizons, containing Beaker pottery, were followed by a layer with biconical urns and an oval stone structure; then came a rich middle Bronze Age layer with two round houses superseded by a late Bronze Age midden type deposit which produced two gold bracelets. At the top was a sub-Roman cemetery. The Bronze Age layers contained an abundance of pottery and other artefacts, including fired clay objects which represent one of the earliest salt extraction sites in Atlantic Europe. Environmental evidence was also prolific and contributions are included on soil thin sections, chemistry, magnetic properties, pollen, diatoms, ostracods, charred plant remains, animal bones, coprolites, and molluscs. The site seems to have been an island in the Bronze Age, with a considerable expanse of infrequently inundated saltmarsh to its south. The causes of the alternating sequence of sand deposition and stabilisation are considered in the context of environmental change generally in the Severn Estuary and the Somerset Levels.
Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book West Country Churches written by William James Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reports from Select Committees of the House of Commons and Evidence Communicated to the Lords written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Secret Britain written by Tom Quinn and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This alternative tour of Britain offers more than 150 fascinating and beautiful, yet obscure and less-visited places that receive little coverage in more conventional guides.
Download or read book The A Z of Curious Somerset written by Geoffrey Body and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws on the long and unique heritage of the county of Somerset, bringing to life seventy of the little known but fascinating and unusual aspects of a much-loved county. It tells, in a single volume, tales of body-snatchers and bewitchment; crime and conflict; lepers and lighthouses; songs and words; heroes and villains - this is book is of and for the curious. Its accounts of larger-than-life episodes from Somerset activity, locations and people take the reader on a near-unbelievable exploration of local human behaviour and idiosyncrasy. Richly illustrated, this book is great for dipping into, but can equally be enjoyed from cover to cover.
Download or read book Proceedings written by Bristol Naturalists' Society (Bristol, England) and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes reports of meetings.
Download or read book Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists Society written by Bristol Naturalists' Society (Bristol, England) and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book South West Sea Kayaking written by Mark Rainsley and published by Echo eBooks Limited. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The south-west coast of England is described in 50 great sea kayaking voyages, from the Severn Estuary to the Isle of Wight. The book also presents all the navigational and tidal information a sea kayaker needs on this section of coast.
Download or read book Penda Mercia s First King written by Paul Barrett and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Venerable Bede wrote his iconic Ecclesiastic History of England in the eighth century, King Penda has been relegated to the role of villain and treated as a barrier to advancement in a battle between new ideas and a new culture. Paul Barrett outlines the background to the Anglo-Saxon takeover in England and explores the broad concepts of the Angles’ traditional culture, before delving into the life of Penda (605 – 655). Penda’s life spanned the first half of the seventh century, the era which gave birth to national identities which still form the central components of modern Britain; Wales, Scotland, and England all take shape through this period. Penda’s seemingly impossible ascent to prominence starts on the very periphery of power and ends with the dominance of Britain. He is at the centre of Mercia’s birth, expansion and rise. Throughout his reign his kingdom becomes a bastion of stability in a period of endemic warfare, climate change challenges, cultural competition, and unstable nation-to nation relationships. Throughout his life Penda challenges the status quo and shows the value of cultural pluralism in a time when the growing power of a new faith, Christianity, was pushing all others into extinction. Guided by his loyalty to an ancient culture, service to his family, and his powerful Queen Cynewise, Penda launched Mercia towards eventual supremacy, which would last for over 200 years. He was the last of the great Anglo-Saxon heathen warlords.
Download or read book Chilcott s Clevedon New Guide written by John Chilcott and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sailing Directions for the West Coast of England written by Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sailing Directions for the West Coast of England from the Scilly Islands to the Mull of Galloway Including the Isle of Man written by Great Britain. Hydrographic Department and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Sailing directions for the British channel compiled by E J Bedford written by Admiralty hydrogr. dept and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sailing Directions for the West Coasts of England and Wales from the Scilly Isles to the Mull of Galloway written by United States. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Seaman s Guide and Coaster s Companion containing complete sailing directions for ships both outward and homeward bound To which are subjoined copious tables of latitudes and longitudes also new tables of the sun s declination from 1809 to 1824 Improved from the original work of J Chandler by M Downie G Eunson M McKenzie J Diston The eighteenth edition of the work and the fourth of the new arrangement written by John CHANDLER (of Orford, Pilot.) and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
