Gerry Thacker

BOOKS BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR

‘Forged in Man’s Minerals’: Plas Uchaf

Gerry Thacker

This volume presents the archaeological investigation of Swansea’s historic Upper Bank works, part of the industrial landscape known as Copperopolis. Combining excavation evidence, artefacts and archival research, it traces the site’s development from copper and zinc smelting to wartime production, revealing its technological and social history. READ MORE

Paperback: £38.00

Slade End Farm and Winterbrook

Gerry Thacker

Excavations along the A421 Great Barford Bypass revealed sparse early prehistoric evidence, expanding late Bronze Age–Iron Age settlement, widespread middle Iron Age occupation, early Roman decline, a late Roman cemetery, and later Saxon to medieval hamlets, showing long-term shifting land use. READ MORE

Paperback: £20.00