Posted on 10/31/2020 6:55:13 AM PDT by PghBaldy
Remains of the Ancrum Old Bridge, which stood during the 14th Century, has been found in the River Teviot after being hidden underwater for hundreds of years.
Dating of the oak bridge timbers has confirmed a date of the mid-1300s, making the remains the oldest scientifically dated bridge ever found in its original position across one of Scotland’s rivers.
(Excerpt) Read more at scotsman.com ...
They’ve found Brigadoon!
Thought you might be interested.
When I hear that things have been “lost” for hundreds of years, I often wonder if anyone was really “looking” for them?
Usually there is a city engineer that says, “Yeah, we knew those pilings were there...but they weren’t hurting anyone and they were too deep to dig out.”
It isn’t until someone sees them on an aerial photo that everyone gets worked up.
The Witch-King used it in his wars against the kings of Arnor.
Thanks!
Re-emerged, hmm. It just magically popped back up.
Good one, I think if l got chance I’d go there and be done with all this madness
I love this. When I visited Scotland and the UK many years ago was when I truly became interested in medieval history. It was amazing to see in real life what I’d only read about in books, the architecture and history is amazing.
Sure is tempting. Lucious lasses and fine whiskey.
“ Lucious lasses and fine whiskey.”
There ya go. Add a good meal and a comfy bed and life is pretty much complete.
Still more amazing is what’s called Prehistory, but it is just a period of which there are only fables and myths. This culture built more than 70,000 stone menhirs and dolems (like Stone Henge, but more sophicsticated) scattered worldwide, all located on fault lines, many serving as navigational markers along coast lines (from Europe to North America, from Japan to SA), many also serving as Sun and astronomical markers with a precision only just now beginning to be equaled - one set of stones even marks the speed with which the a star is receding from the Earth and the position of the solar system in the Galaxy as seen from the top - all built from 9500BC to 2400BC.
There is nothing built today that would last 10,000 years.
Indeed.
And I forgot to mention Lerner and Loewe.
They found a Scotsman, tall and handsome built, still sleeping one off under the bridge. Thanks PghBaldy.
I’m a British history fan too...medieval as well. Took a 3 week bus tour of the British Isles, and then went back the following year for 10 days, staying in London. I’m currently reading a book about Katherine (De Roet) Swynford, who was the third wife of John of Gaunt. They’re supposed to be my 17th great-grandparents. Her sister Phillipa was married to Geoffrey Chaucer. Wish I’d known about my family connections when I took my trips.
Yeah. I guess it just popped up. Also, It’s the oldest scientifically dated bridges in its original position across one of Scotland’s rivers. I wonder how many there are in that category such that it has bested the field.
How can it be ‘in it’s original position’ if it was hidden from view???
Well, sloppy writing or good writing over edited for length might account for such an anomaly
Brit historians live six months in the 13th century observing a real castle being built in France.
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