Natural stone and world heritage : the castles and town walls of King Edward in Gwynedd /
"This book is about the stone used to build the castles of Edward I in North West Wales. It provides a description of the available geological resources and the building materials used in the construction of Caernarfon, Conwy, Harlech and Beaumaris Castles. It takes a broad view of this subject...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, FL :
A Balkema Book, CRC Press,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Natural stone and world heritage.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This book is about the stone used to build the castles of Edward I in North West Wales. It provides a description of the available geological resources and the building materials used in the construction of Caernarfon, Conwy, Harlech and Beaumaris Castles. It takes a broad view of this subject, placing the stone used in the castles in the context of both earlier and later buildings across the region of study, from the Neolithic up until the present day"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : color illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781003002444 1003002447 9781000481174 1000481174 9781000481228 1000481220 |