The Archaeology of Ironbridge Gorge in 20 Digs
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The Archaeology of Ironbridge Gorge in 20 Digs

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The Archaeology of Ironbridge Gorge in 20 Digs

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The Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire is one of the cradles of industrialisation. At its heart is the Iron Bridge spanning the River Severn, one of the world's first iron bridges and an iconic image of the Industrial Revolution. The area's role in helping to transform Britain into the world's first industrial society earned it UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 1986. Industrialisation in and around the gorge was shaped and constrained by the landscape and this is reflected in the range of extractive, manufacturing, and transport sites in the area. These include Abraham Darby's coke-fired iron furnace of 1709, the first steel furnace in England at the Upper Forge, brick and tile works, canals, tramways, and workers' housing. The Archaeology of Ironbridge Gorge in 20 Digs explores a range of sites and material evidence excavated from the 1970s to the 2010s. It combines archaeological excavation with the analysis of the industrial and domestic buildings that helped to create the Ironbridge industrial community, and which continue to form an integral part of this internationally important twenty-first-century landscape.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Introduction
  3. Dig 1 The Old Furnace (1959–2009)
  4. Dig 2 Tar Tunnel Excavation (1965–74)
  5. Dig 3 Hay Inclined Plane and Blists Hill Canal (1968–95)
  6. Dig 4 Bedlam Furnaces (1971–2015)
  7. Dig 5 Blists Hill Blast Furnaces (1973–95)
  8. Dig 6 Coalport China Works (1974–2003)
  9. Dig 7 Jackfield Tile Works (1981–2012)
  10. Dig 8 Excavation and Survey along The Wharfage (1983–88)
  11. Dig 9 Blists Hill Mine (1982–93)
  12. Dig 10 Newdale Industrial Settlement (1987)
  13. Dig 11 Broseley Pipeworks Excavation and Survey (1987–93)
  14. Dig 12 Madeley Wood Brick and Tile Works (1988–97)
  15. Dig 13 The Coalport Canal (1992–2003)
  16. Dig 14 The Lloyds Engine House (1996)
  17. Dig 15 Upper Works Buildings, Coalbrookdale (2000–03)
  18. Dig 16 The Upper Forge Steel Works (2001–05)
  19. Dig 17 Coalport Bridge (2004–07)
  20. Dig 18 The Old Wynd, Shropshire Canal (2014)
  21. Dig 19 The Lower Forge Dig (2014–16)
  22. Dig 20 Saving the Iron Bridge (1999–2018)
  23. Bibliography
  24. Acknowledgements
  25. About the Author