Friday, July 21, 2006

Archaeology Day!

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We will be hosting our annual Archaeology Day this weekend in Coalbrookdale. Come to the Museum of Iron on Saturday 22nd July between 10.00...
Friday, June 23, 2006

Restoration at the Upper Forge

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Some further photographs of the Upper Forge Sluices, and of the interpretation being installed at the Upper Forge picnic site. Firstly the U...
Thursday, June 22, 2006

Upper Forge Interpretation

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Here are a couple of photos of the 'interpretation' being installed on the Upper Forge (Boring Mill) picnic site. These features hav...
Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Coalbrookdale Watercourses

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The restoration of the Upper Forge sluices are proceeding very quickly now. Scaffolding has been erected within the sluice outfall - partly ...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Upper Forge Sluices

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Engineering work has finally commenced on the final phase of the Coalbrookdale Watercourses Project . Previous work on the New Pool and Uppe...
Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Visit of the Royal Archaeological Institute

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We were very pleased to recieve a visit from the Royal Archaeological Institute on Friday and Saturday. After a lecture on recent archaeolog...
Friday, March 24, 2006

Former residents of the tenements

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Many thanks to Andrew Massey of Cumbria, who visited the site last summer, for sending photographs of his grandparents standing outside the ...
Friday, January 20, 2006

Old slags from Coalbrookdale

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Analysis of slags and furnace lining discovered during the 2005 excavations at the Upper Forge are now being analysed by the English Heritag...
Thursday, January 19, 2006

Boring Mill Pool

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The relandscaping of the 'Upper Forge Picnic Site' (the location of our excavations from 2001-2005) not only includes backfilling of...
Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Backfilling

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Finally, after several months of sorting out the details, backfilling of the archaeological excavations at the Upper Forge is now taking pla...
Thursday, January 12, 2006

Upper Forge Post-Excavation

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Post-excavation work on the Upper Forge is proceeding apace. This has involved collation of data and map work as well as potwashing and find...
Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Upper Coalbrookdale Landscape

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This project is the latest part of the CHART programme of research into the landscape of Coalbrookdale. Earlier in the autumn we began arch...
Monday, December 19, 2005

First Steel Furnace in England

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After five seasons of hard work at Coalbrookdale we have discovered the first cementation steel furnace in England. The furnace dates from c...
Sunday, December 18, 2005

Historical Archaeology in Coalbrookdale

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This blog replaces an earlier effort which showcased work at the Upper Forge site. This site is bringing together the results of all of the ...