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Excavating the iconic: The rediscovery of the Fairbottom Bobs Colliery pumping engine (2004)
Journal Article
Nevell, M., Roberts, J., & Champness, B. (2004). Excavating the iconic: The rediscovery of the Fairbottom Bobs Colliery pumping engine. Industrial Archaeology Review, XXVI(2), 83-93

Steam engines were one of the first machine-types to attract the attention of antiquarians and later Industrial Archaeologists. From the first Newcomen engine in 1712 to the 20th-century steam turbine, these objects still exert a fascination for arc... Read More about Excavating the iconic: The rediscovery of the Fairbottom Bobs Colliery pumping engine.

Late prehistoric and Romano-British settlement of the Mersey Basin (2004)
Journal Article
Nevell, M. (2004). Late prehistoric and Romano-British settlement of the Mersey Basin. Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society, 78, 1-21

This paper presents an overview of some recent attempts to provide a theoretical framework for both the location and interpretation of the growing number of late prehistoric and Romano-Bitish rural sites within the region centred around the theme of... Read More about Late prehistoric and Romano-British settlement of the Mersey Basin.