Cornish Fish Cellars

In their annual migration from the warm waters of the North Atlantic, the pilchard shoals rarely travelled further east than the coasts of Cornwall and southwest Devon. Here they were caught in vast numbers and preserved, for export or use, in fish cellars which lay along the coast. The Cornish fish...

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Published in:Antiquity
Main Author: Pounds, N. J. G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1944
Subjects:
General Arts and Humanities
Archeology
Cornish
Cornwall
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00018263
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