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ISSN 1357-4442 Editor: Simon Denison

Issue no 36, July 1998

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Contents

News

Grade II listed buildings `collapsing without aid'
Bronze Age metalled road near Oxford
London monks and their fat-rich diet
In Brief

Features

Gentry landscapes in a much older land
Tom Williamson points out some of the historic features to be found in Georgian country parks.

Seeking the origins of bronze tools
The earliest metal goods probably came to Britain from Ireland. Paul Budd reports.

Locating the birthplace of St Patrick
Ireland's patron saint was born and raised in Somerset, argues Harry Jelley

Regions

Quarries, mines and the chapel culture
The industrial remains of Gwynedd shed light on local people's nonconformist spirit, writes David Gwyn

Letters

covering Roman temples, London's Wall, monuments law and starting young

Comment

Building roads to intellectual nowhere
Archaeology on road and rail schemes is too often devoid of research objectives, writes Richard Morris

Books

Tom James on history from the great fire of Windsor
Brian Ayers on a study that puts history into houses
Frances Lynch on Silbury Hill and the New Age angle

Obituary

Peter Jewell by Paul Ashbee

Essay

From deserted crofts to mud-built farms
Low-budget archaeology can often produce remarkable results. Simon Denison reports.


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