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om archery remains found during digs at Waterford in Ireland. Archaeologists being non-specialised classified all the remains as archery bows, and went into extatic speculation on the " proof" of the use of short bows in 12th/13th century Ireland. BUT the way I read the descriptions they are of crossbows. Excitingly, item 4, if it were a crossbow might be big enough to be a "2 foot" bow often described but now I'm speculating wildly. Anyway, please comment.
Andrew
Here is the catalogue fr
om archery remains found during digs at Waterford in Ireland. Archaeologists being non-specialised classified all the remains as archery bows, and went into extatic speculation on the " proof" of the use of short bows in 12th/13th century Ireland. BUT the way I read the descriptions they are of crossbows. Excitingly, item 4, if it were a crossbow might be big enough to be a "2 foot" bow often described but now I'm speculating wildly. Anyway, please comment.Andrew
Great find. Very clean piece of wood and surprisingly low or even non-existent set. Also the nuts and the hook leave little doubt, it's the whole shebang. Very interesting early date for one of the nuts.
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