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Miriam Griffiths
A Little Help...
27 November 2024
Perhaps more "was once kinda good and then someone added AI"? I'm getting very fed up of the amount ...
Natalie
A Mysterious Hole...
26 November 2024
Oh my! I cannot tell what the hole's size is, but I expect someone is hungry and may be going for ea...
Katrin
Very Old Spindle Whorls?
25 November 2024
Yes, the weight is another thing - though there are some very, very lightweight spindles that were a...
Katrin
A Little Help...
25 November 2024
Ah well. I guess that is another case of "sounds too good to be true" then...
Miriam Griffiths
Very Old Spindle Whorls?
22 November 2024
Agree with you that it comes under the category of "quite hypothetical". If the finds were from a cu...
The Things You Learn...
Sometimes there's a chance thing that I stumble upon - like today, when I was checking social media, when I found a picture of a curious bridge, with the explanation that this was a special kind of towpath bridge. The design allowed the horse to change sides without unhitching the towline.
The bridge looks really beautiful:
Image of the Macclesfield Canal snake bridge, Wikimedia, Smabs Sputzer
It's on the Macclesfield Canal in Britain. If you'd like to read more about roving bridges, there's a Wikipedia article about it, and there's a few more images of the bridge, towing horses, and general information about boat towing here at exploringgb.co.uk.
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