Compare prehistoric axes, from jadeite and flint to bronze

Compare prehistoric axes, from jadeite and flint to bronze

Exploring axe heads from Prehistoric Britain Despite being thousands of years old, Stone Age tools can often be found in museum collections around the country. Axes would have been an especially vital to the agricultural revolution during the Neolithic or New Stone...
Explore lead mining with a waterwheel from the Dales

Explore lead mining with a waterwheel from the Dales

Waterwheel from the Providence Mine, Kettlewell Dales Countryside Museum Kettlewell in the Yorkshire Dales is built on rocks that are rich in minerals. These minerals have been mined for centuries and the products sold for profit. Until 1875, there was a lot of mining...
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