Landscape Mysteries
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- Episode
- In Search of Irish Gold
- Broadcast Info
- 2003 (29 mins)
- Description
- Undertaking the first of eight quests across the British Isles, Professor Aubrey Manning seeks clues to uncover a lost Irish Eldorado. Spectacular hoards of gold objects show Bronze Age people in Ireland had access to large amounts of the precious metal. But where did these preshistoric metalworkers find it? Could dramatic changes in the landscape over time provide the key to the success of these ancient prospectors? gold deposits Irish landscape Bronze Age National Museum Dublin silver impurity geological fingerprints Wicklow hills Croagh Patrick upland peat
- Genre
- History; Geology; Natural History
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The Open University, "Landscape Mysteries". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/6717 (Accessed 11 Jan 2025)