Excerpt from Ironwork, Vol. 3: A Complete Survey of the Artistic Working of Iron in Great Britain From the Earliest Times Not only was it the chief Iron Country of the Romans in Britain, but it held the premier position throughout mediaeval history. With a circuit of about 30 miles between the Severn and the Wye, its ores rich, abundant, easily accessible and near the surface, it combined a supply of fuel which for centuries appeared well-nigh inexhaustible. In Roman times, and even earlier, the exports must have been ...
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Excerpt from Ironwork, Vol. 3: A Complete Survey of the Artistic Working of Iron in Great Britain From the Earliest Times Not only was it the chief Iron Country of the Romans in Britain, but it held the premier position throughout mediaeval history. With a circuit of about 30 miles between the Severn and the Wye, its ores rich, abundant, easily accessible and near the surface, it combined a supply of fuel which for centuries appeared well-nigh inexhaustible. In Roman times, and even earlier, the exports must have been large, though unfortunately Pliny speaks only in general terms of the iron smelting of Britain. The trade was probably. In the possession of the Basques, or other of the many races acquainted with iron, who may have found refuge here in prehistoric times. Our gleam ing cliffs must, times out of number, have appeared a land of safety to peoples driven west by conquering hordes, which Asia seemed ever ready to pour forth, resulting in the par celling out of our Island by many tribes under different rulers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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