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Tony Waltham Sandstone Caves of Nottingham
Nottingham, England East Midlands Geological Society 1996 0-95197-1-9 Fully Revised Glossy Pictorial New No Jacket Soft Cover
even back in Saxon times, Nottingham was known for its caves; this book explains the history, geologic conditions, uses, locations, and modern-day conditions of some of the hundreds of man-made caves which lie in the sandstone beneath the offices, shops, houses, & factories of Nottingham's city centre; surprisingly, many unrecorded, unmapped, & unlocated caves remain; Contents: 1 - Map of the Caves; 2 - City of Caves: Nottingham's Bedrock Formation, The Nottingham Castle Sandstone; 3 - History of the Caves: Cave Dwellings & Rock Houses, Malt Kiln Caves, Public House Cellar Caves, Older Storage Caves & Undercrofts, Tannery Caves, Wells & Cistern Caves, Later Storage Caves & Vaults, CaveTunnels, Carved & Ornamental Caves, The Sand Mines, Caves to the North of the City, The Tunnels of Welbeck Abbey; 4 - The Caves in Modern Times: Air Raid Shelter Caves, Collapse & Loss of the Caves, Weathering & Rock Decay, Cave Collapse Due to Water, Failures of Loaded Cave Roofs, Finding the Lost Caves, Building Over the Caves, Conservation of the Caves, The Caves as a Resource; 55 pp. including b&w photos of cave interiors and maps detailing cave systems & locations; Front Cover Color Photo: Largest of the wine cellar caves below Willoughby House; Back Cover Color Photo: Mortimer's Hole & Other Caves in Castle Rock; book is NEW
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Tony Waltham Sandstone Caves of Nottingham
Nottingham, England East Midlands Geological Society 1996 0-95197-1-9 Fully Revised Glossy Pictorial New No Jacket Soft Cover
even back in Saxon times, Nottingham was known for its caves; this book explains the history, geologic conditions, uses, locations, and modern-day conditions of some of the hundreds of man-made caves which lie in the sandstone beneath the offices, shops, houses, & factories of Nottingham's city centre; surprisingly, many unrecorded, unmapped, & unlocated caves remain; Contents: 1 - Map of the Caves; 2 - City of Caves: Nottingham's Bedrock Formation, The Nottingham Castle Sandstone; 3 - History of the Caves: Cave Dwellings & Rock Houses, Malt Kiln Caves, Public House Cellar Caves, Older Storage Caves & Undercrofts, Tannery Caves, Wells & Cistern Caves, Later Storage Caves & Vaults, CaveTunnels, Carved & Ornamental Caves, The Sand Mines, Caves to the North of the City, The Tunnels of Welbeck Abbey; 4 - The Caves in Modern Times: Air Raid Shelter Caves, Collapse & Loss of the Caves, Weathering & Rock Decay, Cave Collapse Due to Water, Failures of Loaded Cave Roofs, Finding the Lost Caves, Building Over the Caves, Conservation of the Caves, The Caves as a Resource; 55 pp. including b&w photos of cave interiors and maps detailing cave systems & locations; Front Cover Color Photo: Largest of the wine cellar caves below Willoughby House; Back Cover Color Photo: Mortimer's Hole & Other Caves in Castle Rock; book is NEW
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