A 1st-century AD gold Roman finger ring engraved with a peacock; recovered from a foundation trench dug on a beach in Breage parish, Cornwall.pic.twitter.com/oJ5AIwCoV0
History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.
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A 1st-century AD gold Roman finger ring engraved with a peacock; recovered from a foundation trench dug on a beach in Breage parish, Cornwall.pic.twitter.com/oJ5AIwCoV0
Lol! True! Interestingly, only a few Roman sites produce peacock bones so far as I can tell (two villas in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, and Portchester fort in Hampshire).
Oh, I had no idea peacocks themselves were present in Britain; thanks for sharing!
My pleasure! There's also some Anglo-Saxon era ones...!
Strange thought... Anglo-Saxon peacocks! I wonder if they depict them in their beautiful metalwork?
Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green
Indeed! Might be an interesting blog, perhaps? Can't think of an Anglo-Saxon metal example, but is this Merovingian Frankish one...!https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/935513365207748609 …
Dr Caitlin Green added,
What a stunning brooch! I'd love to read a blogpost on it if you do write one. @SueBrunningBM may know of other examples!
Here’s one likely example from @britishmuseum! know there are various discussions out there, remind me to look them up when I’m back in my library... Details: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=88977&partId=1&images=true …pic.twitter.com/5Bp4smkNVx
Thanks! I'm now completely fascinated by the idea of peacocks in ancient-medieval Britain and as part of local material culture
Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green
Ooh, there was also one in the 9thC Viking Gokstad ship burial too, I now recall! https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/828581593077936128 … In terms of faunal remains from Britain, I think there's 3 Roman, 2 Anglo-Saxon examples, and then an explosion in evidence after the Norman conquest :)
Dr Caitlin Green added,
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