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The Hemington Bridges: The Excavation of Three Medieval Bridges at Hemington Quarry, Near Castle Donington, Leicestershire (Leicester Archaeology Monographs, no.16)
Susan Ripper and Lynden P. Cooper with A.G Brown [and others] ; and contributions by Allan Brandon [and others].
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of Leicester School of Archaeology and Ancient History, 2009
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Da: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, Regno UnitoJoseph Burridge Books
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Hardcover. Condizione: New. xx, 257 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 31 cm. Text in English, with summaries in French and German. Rescue excavations at Hemington Quarry, Leicestershire, between 1993-1998 allowed the recording of three successive medieval bridges preserved beneath gravel bar deposits and alluvium. This crossing over the River Trent was part of a major arterial route, the King's Highway, linking London and the south to Derby and the north. This monograph presents the results of a multi-disciplinary study that examined the bridges' structural technology, stone and woodworking practices, geomorphological context, chronology and historical context. Particular emphasis is placed upon the earliest structure, built c. AD 1097, this being a unique survival of Saxo-Norman timber engineering and vernacular architecture.…
