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Men, women and children at Rookhope smelt mill. Beamish Museum: Photograph courtesy of Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum
 
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Old Rookhope Archive

An archaeological archive is the collection of artefacts, images and documents used to study and preserve the past. Many sources of original information were used to reconstruct the post-medieval industrial activity in the Rookhope Burn.

Old Rookhope site archive is organised in six sections:
You can follow the link to one of sections or may start exploring the archive from the introduction to Old Rookhope and then follow the links provided on each page.
 
PREHISTORIC BURIALROMAN PERIOD FARMANGLO-SAXON ROYAL PALACEMEDIEVAL VILLAGEMEDIEVAL CASTLEPOST-MEDIEVAL LEAD WORKINGTWENTIETH CENTURY COAL MINE