@Gerrarrdus @ramtopsrac Phoenicians got around everywhere, and founded Tyre; trade routes meant much travelling & movement too.
@Gurdur @Gerrarrdus Most kind of you to say :) Fwiw, my thoughts on the topic of Punic contact are here: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/04/thanet-tanit-and-the-phoenicians.html … >
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@Gerrarrdus From@caitlinrgreen's post; evidence from Poole Harbour alone seems to bear out Punic/Cornwall links. But I am not a historian -
@Gurdur Plymouth in@caitlinrgreen's second link would make more sense for Cornwall, but is still not a clincher that it's Phoenician. -
@Gerrarrdus@Gurdur I was going to mention Plymouth ;) The name of the Iron Age fort at the entrance is v suggestive + clear Punic use of > -
@Gerrarrdus@Gurdur > IIa anchors...Re:Cornwall, aside from names Rame+Scilly, 2 v interesting just-post-Punic coins: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/06/the-distribution-of-numidian-coins.html …
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@Gurdur@Gerrarrdus > See also http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/08/a-mediterranean-anchor.html … & note esp isotopic analysis from Kent; 20% in one pre-Roman cem brought up N Africa?! -
@caitlinrgreen Thanks for the links. They're fascinating stuff.@Gurdur
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