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16. Dawn Of A New Age, Pendeen, Cornwall
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16. Dawn Of A New Age, Pendeen, Cornwall

Neil Oliver’s Love Letter to the British Isles

Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History · Fat Belly Films

September 7, 202037m 22s

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Show Notes

In this week’s podcast we travel with Neil across the British Isles into the Bronze Age, investigating the metal alloy that would transform the human species.


The ancient world knew Cornwall as one of the richest sources of tin on the planet. And in the Bronze Age tin was in demand, because it is one of the two metals, along with copper, needed to make the new 'wonder' alloy, bronze. Neil takes us to Geevor tin mine on the incredibly beautiful Cornish coast exploring how this part of the British Isles played its part in helping to create the weapons, tools, jewellery and artworks that powered the world’s Bronze age.

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