Tudor

Industry

Iron working was still carried on in very rural locations- such as the Sussex Weald and the Forest of Dean - where ore was found, and the charcoal was available for heating the very simple furnaces to smelt the iron.

Coal, lead, tin or copper had been mined in the same way for centuries - it was open cast or the shafts were not very deep. It was another 100 years before Newcomen's steam driven pump was available to reduce flooding and allow mining at deeper levels.

Items were not mass produced. Cannon for instance were made individually and often had names e.g. Roaring Meg.

Why was it useful to have a strongly made cannon?

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