Abstract: |
A report on work undertaken in the Ironbridge Gorge Conservation Area and World Heritage Site, Shropshire, as part of the Severn Gorge Repairs Project. Six of the key archaeological monuments in Ironbridge are covered in detail, and these are: the Upper Works, Coalbrookedale; Upper Forge, Coalbrookedale; Bedlam blast furnaces; Blists Hill blast furnaces; Blists Hill Brick and Tile Works; the Hay Inclined Plane and Shropshire Canal. Appendices cover the `Approach to conservation in the Severn Gorge Repairs Project' (195--6), `Conventions for archaeological drawings' (197--9), `Project management' (200--3), and proposals for `Future management' (204--11) |