All Outputs (4)

Revisiting the iconic: the excavation of the reelfitz pit engine and the newcomen steam engine in Cumberland, UK (2014)
Journal Article
Nevell, M., & George, D. (2014). Revisiting the iconic: the excavation of the reelfitz pit engine and the newcomen steam engine in Cumberland, UK. Industrial Archaeology Review, 36(2), 128-140. https://doi.org/10.1179/0309072814Z.00000000035

Examples of excavated 18th century stationary steam engine sites are very rare in Britain. This article records the rescue excavations ahead of road-building works of one such site in 1974-5 at Reelfitz Pit in Little Clifton, Cumberland. The Reelfitz... Read More about Revisiting the iconic: the excavation of the reelfitz pit engine and the newcomen steam engine in Cumberland, UK.

Legislation and reality: the archaeological evidence for sanitation and housing quality in urban workers' housing in the Ancoats area of Manchester between 1800 and 1950 (2014)
Journal Article
Nevell, M. (2014). Legislation and reality: the archaeological evidence for sanitation and housing quality in urban workers' housing in the Ancoats area of Manchester between 1800 and 1950. Industrial Archaeology Review, 36(1), 48-74. https://doi.org/10.1179/0309072814Z.00000000031

This paper looks at some of the excavated material for British urban workers’ housing, built and occupied during the period 1800 to 1950 in the Ancoats area of Manchester: Ancoats was notorious amongst contemporary writers and campaigners for its poo... Read More about Legislation and reality: the archaeological evidence for sanitation and housing quality in urban workers' housing in the Ancoats area of Manchester between 1800 and 1950.

What's the point of recording 20th-century industrial archaeology? (2014)
Journal Article
Nevell, M. (2014). What's the point of recording 20th-century industrial archaeology?. Industrial Archaeology Review, 36(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1179/0309072814Z.00000000030

This short opinion piece discusses why recording 20th century Industrial Archaeology is challenging but necessary.

Community archaeology at the University of Salford : 2009 to 2013 (2014)
Journal Article
Nevell, M. (2014). Community archaeology at the University of Salford : 2009 to 2013

A review of archaeological approaches to community archaeology work undertaken at the University of Salford. Projects covered include Dig Greater Manchester. The piece inlcudes a discussion on data gathering and impact.