tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post1600962511622458654..comments2024-03-28T05:56:52.754-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: What a find!The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-29072755876914002432014-03-25T23:11:22.427-07:002014-03-25T23:11:22.427-07:00Oh my, how very exciting. It is the history and t...Oh my, how very exciting. It is the history and the feeling of being close to the people who used these ancient stones that awes me.Hildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420791064923078834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-78528229338512298562014-03-25T23:04:46.011-07:002014-03-25T23:04:46.011-07:00I have a degree in Archaeology too, so anything li...I have a degree in Archaeology too, so anything like this is right up my street. A super find, and wonderful to have that link through the Millennia - the last person to touch these lived nearly 3000 years ago! Puts such a thrill through you. I am pleased for your farmer friend and really glad he appreciates the past (not everyone does).<br /><br />Tam and I helped Field Walk a multi-period site recently, to look for flints, and Tam found the most amazing black flint core, Mesolithic (8000 yrs old) whilst my finds were not as pretty - bits and bobs including a nice pointed flake and a fist-sized flint "in the rough" with just two big strikes off it, they were worth finding : )Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-82861065192188235432014-03-25T18:34:17.732-07:002014-03-25T18:34:17.732-07:00What a cool exciting find! I would LOVE to see al...What a cool exciting find! I would LOVE to see all the things that have been found there over the years! England goes..........wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...........back in history!<br /><br />❤⊱彡 Linda<br />http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com <br />Terry and Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016496778254072639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-86166994622989965152014-03-25T17:46:36.297-07:002014-03-25T17:46:36.297-07:00Exciting! A wonderful example of England's ant...Exciting! A wonderful example of England's antiquity and pedigree. Thanks for sharing<br /><br /><br /> ALOHA from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">ComfortSpiral</a><br /> <br />=^..^= <3Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-74541788132834485132014-03-25T14:57:37.478-07:002014-03-25T14:57:37.478-07:00Hi Pat. What a find, indeed. I know what you mean ...Hi Pat. What a find, indeed. I know what you mean when you say how neat it was to handle the stones. I had a similar neat-o feeling when I held a moon rock at the Museum of Natural History in New York City a long time ago. As they say here in Baltimore, Cool Beans!Maureen @ Josephina Ballerinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09026799070718705353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-82155550839223575232014-03-25T13:29:33.955-07:002014-03-25T13:29:33.955-07:00That's amazing! How wonderful to find somethin...That's amazing! How wonderful to find something like that. I used to find stuff in my great-aunt's garden...but bits of clay pipe and broken pottery, circa 1890. Twice I was lucky and found something more - a tiny (half the size of my little finger) glazed china doll with red paint on her cheeks, and an equally tiny goose figure. But finding quern stones would be fascinating, although I have heard that a lot of grit got mixed in with the ground flour and it wore your teeth down!Becca McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339982441409936532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-40992492137561044012014-03-25T11:57:43.372-07:002014-03-25T11:57:43.372-07:00Thanks for the comments. As for them going to a m...Thanks for the comments. As for them going to a museum - they are really quite common finds around here. This is the third lot our farmer neighbour has found, so he will certainly be able to keep them.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-37808068797938050542014-03-25T11:30:08.057-07:002014-03-25T11:30:08.057-07:00Oh, the stories those stones could tell...
What an...Oh, the stories those stones could tell...<br />What an amazing find!Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03599739740886087571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-55338360574557711842014-03-25T09:50:24.909-07:002014-03-25T09:50:24.909-07:00How exciting !
Your friend must be so happy with t...How exciting !<br />Your friend must be so happy with this find history and all.<br />I have a grinding stone that was found on some property we owned.<br /><br />cheers, parsnip<br />angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-65348655581368281182014-03-25T09:42:38.102-07:002014-03-25T09:42:38.102-07:00An incredible find.
Slightly related to this, I r...An incredible find.<br /><br />Slightly related to this, I remember a box of shards of Roman samian ware pottery my mother and her cousins found in the fields of Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire when young. I wish I knew what happened to them. The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-77373831892256610162014-03-25T09:02:12.689-07:002014-03-25T09:02:12.689-07:00That's awesome, 900 BC is jaw-dropping. Oh for...That's awesome, 900 BC is jaw-dropping. Oh for some real freshly ground flour!<br />All I've dug up in this garden is a tractor seat!<br />Probably no more than 60 years old - this land was a farm at one time.<br /><br />MaryMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60698657439596403112014-03-25T08:29:48.859-07:002014-03-25T08:29:48.859-07:00lovely find, late bronze age according to the Wiki...lovely find, late bronze age according to the Wiki timeline. Bet it was a woman turning the quern stone with a stick every day.....<br />thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-59518884296069035192014-03-25T08:02:41.323-07:002014-03-25T08:02:41.323-07:00How exciting to find such a piece - and wonderful ...How exciting to find such a piece - and wonderful that it is appreciated.JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-39055385914722483172014-03-25T07:58:34.283-07:002014-03-25T07:58:34.283-07:00What a fabulous find. I do find the occasional sto...What a fabulous find. I do find the occasional stone age tool, but they're quite common here.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-44096990790374220692014-03-25T06:28:11.757-07:002014-03-25T06:28:11.757-07:00How exciting it must be to excavate something that...How exciting it must be to excavate something that old on one's farm!Great that you get to examine it closely too.ArtPropelledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853722164314994360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-38178955300067189352014-03-25T06:19:01.278-07:002014-03-25T06:19:01.278-07:00How exciting and what history!How exciting and what history!Linda Metcalfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14706004604567190617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-87571174582246020832014-03-25T05:57:47.646-07:002014-03-25T05:57:47.646-07:00Our son - the archaeologist - would love a find li...Our son - the archaeologist - would love a find like that.Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-4835524657907128902014-03-25T05:30:58.115-07:002014-03-25T05:30:58.115-07:00Something reassuring about the connection to the p...Something reassuring about the connection to the past that items like these sometimes can bring. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845113520987402425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-33726571532496821012014-03-25T04:35:41.123-07:002014-03-25T04:35:41.123-07:00It's marvellous that there's a matching se...It's marvellous that there's a matching set. MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-32726226263665203772014-03-25T04:35:40.375-07:002014-03-25T04:35:40.375-07:00It's marvellous that there's a matching se...It's marvellous that there's a matching set. MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-12779266495210461032014-03-25T03:19:03.168-07:002014-03-25T03:19:03.168-07:00Wonderful! And two!Wonderful! And two!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-81876098441868906672014-03-25T03:14:18.524-07:002014-03-25T03:14:18.524-07:00An amazing find and so clever not to just see a co...An amazing find and so clever not to just see a couple of rocks! I was walking down to the river the other day when I noticed one of the many rocks I pass and usually scour for lichen, looked a bit dressed. When I looked properly, it had four holes 'drilled' into it and was obviously once part of a gate post. The odd thing was that it was in the middle of nowhere - no reeves or other field boundaries anywhere. I wonder how it got there? I took a picture of it but it was very boring and the light wasn't such that you could see the holes. I'll try again! Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60939541881024679282014-03-25T03:05:04.406-07:002014-03-25T03:05:04.406-07:00How exciting for your friend - a real treasure. I ...How exciting for your friend - a real treasure. I would love to dig up something so ancient. The best I ever managed was bits of broken churchwarden white clay pipes in our garden in Tiverton, Devon. I did come across a tiny hallmarked silver salt spoon in our present garden. I suppose I must just keep digging!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-61837680022165144202014-03-25T02:27:55.866-07:002014-03-25T02:27:55.866-07:00How amazing to find both parts together. Your frie...How amazing to find both parts together. Your friend must be thrilled! Dartford Warblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-56704164085291895052014-03-25T02:18:19.245-07:002014-03-25T02:18:19.245-07:00What a find!! I reckon you could do with a visit f...What a find!! I reckon you could do with a visit from "Time Team"<br />GillFrugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.com