How much do we know about Stonehenge? Less than we think. And what has Stonehenge got to do with the Ice Age? More than we might think. This blog is mostly devoted to the problems of where the Stonehenge bluestones came from, and how they got from their source areas to the monument. Now and then I will muse on related Stonehenge topics which have an Ice Age dimension...
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Saturday, 25 July 2020
Another aurochs horn
The aurochs horn found recently in the Severn Estuary. It's a nice one, but it's not quite as big as it looks in the photo. A lucky find -- it was embedded in the mud and is very well preserved. Pic: Martin Morgan. Further info here:
But surely this was actually found LAST year** - must be a Slow Summer for news in Wales. If I were those fisherman, I'd 'ave kept quiet about that astonishing Find and re - buried it in the Greater Stonehenge Landscape, or dropped it off at the Stonehenge Visitor Centre.
** an identical story, same location near Caldicot
It's interesting that they found an Aurochs horn in the river Ure in Wensleydale. Ure,Uru and Uri are all original names for the Auroch (Julius Caesar The Gallic War 6.28) They were also forest dwellers(Tacitus The Annals 4.72). Wensleydale was once covered in a vast forest.The forest horn is still blown on the village green in Bainbridge and can be viewed in the local pub The Rose and Crown.
I've always wanted to find an Aurochs horn. I was excited enough when I found a boar's tusk in Surrey.
ReplyDeleteBut surely this was actually found LAST year** - must be a Slow Summer for news in Wales. If I were those fisherman, I'd 'ave kept quiet about that astonishing Find and re - buried it in the Greater Stonehenge Landscape, or dropped it off at the Stonehenge Visitor Centre.
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It's interesting that they found an Aurochs horn in the river Ure in Wensleydale. Ure,Uru and Uri are all original names for the Auroch (Julius Caesar The Gallic War 6.28) They were also forest dwellers(Tacitus The Annals 4.72). Wensleydale was once covered in a vast forest.The forest horn is still blown on the village green in Bainbridge and can be viewed in the local pub The Rose and Crown.
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