Witham Valley prehist-med votive causeways--poss a very long-lasting ritual landscape; some of the Anglo-Saxon finds:pic.twitter.com/Sx0ih67Tbd
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Bronze Age socketed axe from Louth (c1000-700 BC)+an early iron version of the same from Fiskerton, w/ wooden handle!pic.twitter.com/8WSMmnelo6
Both in @collectionlinc, top axe=early iron one, which represents earliest type of iron axe+copied from BA method: cf http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/477188 …
A spear with surviving elm shaft, found Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, and in @collectionlincpic.twitter.com/ABLdv5B6U2
@caitlinrgreen Elm, eh? Interesting given OE æsc = "spear" as well as "ash-tree". Any other examples for which type of wood used is known?
@SurreyMedieval EMed-wise, ash v common, but also oak and elm and others incl apple and hazel, apparently :)
@caitlinrgreen Wow what a mish-mash! It's got the makings of an experimental archaeology project...
@SurreyMedieval lol! Definitely!
An Iron Age saw with a lovely antler handle & decorated blade, found at Fiskerton, Lincolnshire & in @collectionlincpic.twitter.com/ECWUotTggu
@caitlinrgreen do you know this is one of my earliest memories of visiting lincoln museum as a child :) that and the suits of armour! :)
@CatherineEsse it is fab :) no pics of the armour this time, tho'... Maybe next time!
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