A history of widespread small-scale charcoal production across the forests of Monmouthshire with detailed descriptions of the techniques used and the demands made on woodland to fuel medieval iron smelting until the inktroduction of coke in the C18th and C19th led to its decline.

This journal issue includes papers on the rushcarts of the North-West England, another on the traditional methods of seaweed collecting in Ireland, and one on the longhouses of Donegal.  Paperback.  112 pages.  New condition.  Cat No 2895