Posted on 04/01/2026 5:06:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
According to a Phys.org report, a team of researchers led by Sophia Adams of the British Museum and Jamie Armstrong of Durham University have examined more than 950 objects recovered from two separate hoards discovered by a metal detectorist near the site of a known Iron Age power center in northern England. The artifacts have been dated to between the late first century B.C. and the early first century A.D., and appear to represent about 300 whole objects that had been deliberately dismantled, damaged, and placed in ditches. The researchers suggest that most of the artifacts were parts of at least seven different four-wheeled wagons, such as iron tires and brackets, linchpins, yoke fittings, kingpins for steering wagons, bolts, rein rings, and coral and glass decorations. The hoards also contained a cauldron and other vessels, spears, an iron mirror, box components, a shield boss, edge bindings, and melted pieces of copper alloy. Although human remains have not been found, the signs of burning and melting, the lack of wear on the harness fittings, and the presence of feasting vessels suggests that the items may be related to funerary rituals, the researchers explained. Read the original scholarly article about this research in Antiquity. To read about a cache of late Iron Age and Roman coins unearthed in Derbyshire, go to "The Dovedale Hoard."
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Lol! Excellent use of that two-sided word!
Basically, yeah. 😉
The former site of Ned’s Wagon Repairs.
“If it has t*ts or tires it’s gonna cost you money or break your heart.”
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I once had a zillion of them in various sizes.
I can’t imagine having to draw out iron bars to tiny diameter and then hammer them each into the required shape.
A lot of effort.
They looked a lot like modern masonry nails but cruder and less uniform.
This area had an 18th century iron furnace nearby and LOTS of iron ore being dug.
I’ve got a milk crate full of the colorful slag from the furnace.
Very glad I can just go to the store and buy a box of nails now, though.
They have historical market fairs at the fort every year and honestly, I could sit and watch the blacksmith for hours.
Or for more discriminating buyers, we have the skull of Julius Caesar. That smaller one is the skull of Julius Caesar as a boy.
The ghost of Lee Marvin will paint that wagon for $39.95!
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No thanks.
I’ve got my eye on the left kneecap of Vercingetorix.
I saw that for sale on the website for Patellas Sporting Goods.
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