Meols

About this book

"Meols, on the north coast of the Wirral Peninsula (north-west England), is one of Britain's richest and most fascinating archaeological landscapes. As a low sandy promontory known as Dove Point was gradually destroyed by the sea during the 19th century, the remains of ancient settlement sites were exposed along the foreshore and in the sand-dunes near the water's edge. Thousands of arte facts from the prehistoric, Roman, medieval and post-medieval periods were picked up from the eroding coastline." "A devoted group of Victorian collectors saved much of the material for posterity, and left many records and observations, including descriptions of ancient burials and buildings. These have been augmented by further discoveries in the 20th century. This monograph presents the first modern and comprehensive study of Meols, together with a catalogue of the surviving material."--Jacket.

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About the author

David W. Griffiths

1965

I am (Full) Professor of Archaeology at the University of Oxford, and Director of Studies in Archaeology at the Department for Continuing Education. I have taught at Oxford and been a Fellow of Kellogg College since 1999. I studied History and Archaeology at Durham University and was a visiting student and fieldworker at the University of Tromsø, Norway. In the 1990s I was a professional archaeologist working in the gas pipeline construction industry and for a planning consultancy. I have also been a temporary lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL. I am a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA), Scotland (FSA Scot.) and a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologi…