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UPPER FORGE, COALBROOKDALE: December 2005
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UPPER FORGE, COALBROOKDALE. Excavations as part of the Coalbrookdale Historical Archaeology Research and Training Programme. Tuesday, December 20, 2005. Please note that information about the Upper Forge project and the CHART programme will now be posted on the new CHART BLOG. Please also refer to our main Ironbridge Blog. For any other news and events. Posted by Upper Forge at 12:47. View my complete profile. First steel furnace in England.
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Ironbridge Archaeology: Eighteenth century water power
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The very latest news from our excavations and other projects. Tuesday, May 30, 2006. Eighteenth century water power. More and more culverts are being revealed by our excavations at Wednesbury Forge. The complexity. Of the eighteenth century water management system. Has to be seen to be believed. and even then we are still not yet entirely sure what is going on! General view of the 'mother' culvert (running across the photo). The picture below shows how the walls of later buildings. Looks like you guys ar...
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Contemporary Archaeology: November 2006
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Work in the field of contemporary archaeology by Ironbridge Archaeology. Monday, November 13, 2006. Well, as usual, an interesting and wide-ranging series of papers, with much food for thought. More thoughts will appear here shortly (as we collect them! As well as the solution to our crossword. Best wishes to everyone we met at the conference, and we hope you all had safe journeys back home. You are always welcome at Ironbridge! Posted by Ironbridge Archaeology at 9:02 am. View my complete profile.
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Contemporary Archaeology: October 2006
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Work in the field of contemporary archaeology by Ironbridge Archaeology. Friday, October 20, 2006. Looking ahead to CHAT. At Bristol is coming up in November, and we are looking forward to some interesting and stimulating discussion. Will and Emma will be giving a paper. About their work at Wednesbury Forge, some of which has featured on this site. Doing archaeology at Wednesbury. We are also very much looking forward to seeing Greg Bailey's. Posted by Ironbridge Archaeology at 8:50 am. On the BAJR forum).
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Contemporary Archaeology: May 2006
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Work in the field of contemporary archaeology by Ironbridge Archaeology. Thursday, May 18, 2006. These insignia have been left by ships visiting the Royal Naval Dockyard. In Bermuda. Some of them have been recorded by staff of the Bermuda Maritime Museum. But many are being left to decay and will eventually be lost. Recent alterations to the former Casemates Pr. Ison at the Dockyard will also destroy much of the twentieth century archaeology of the prison. Of the remains of the prison has been undertaken.
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Contemporary Archaeology: March 2006
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Work in the field of contemporary archaeology by Ironbridge Archaeology. Tuesday, March 14, 2006. We have recently started work on a project recording the power system at Tean Hall Mills. Fire evacuation notice providing details of room functions, c.1920. National No Smoking Day poster, 20th March 1985. Calendar from a Sheffield saw manufacturer, May 1988. Spice Girls promo-tional photos (and a tax disc) in the former boiler room. Posted by Ironbridge Archaeology at 12:53 pm. View my complete profile.
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Contemporary Archaeology: August 2006
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Work in the field of contemporary archaeology by Ironbridge Archaeology. Tuesday, August 01, 2006. Ironbridge Archaeology Van (viii). We have recieved the third (and possibly final) report from John Schofield at Bristol. Excavation of the van is now complete and on Wednesday with the help of the AA. Somebody there wants to examine the bugs we have recovered, from the interior, the air filter and the radiator. This week we have also benefited from discussing our forensic strategy with a Crime Scene Ma...
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Contemporary Archaeology: January 2006
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Work in the field of contemporary archaeology by Ironbridge Archaeology. Tuesday, January 10, 2006. One of our current projects is the survey and excavation of a forge in Wednesbury. The earliest documentary evidence of forging activity on the site dates to 1597 and it is rich in artefactual evidence from the last 400 years (see some of the finds here. In this part of the forge, tool moulds and other machinery parts were produced and repaired before being used in the forge. And more important matters.
