Iron age chariot found on A1 motorway site

Yorkshire Evening Press ^ | 04-December-2003 | Pedantic_Lady

[Pedantic_Lady]

How cool is THAT????

[Fledermaus]

Democrats will complain that chariots violated the horses rights and caused global warming with the methane gases coming from the horses.

[agitator]

ancient ping

[Pedantic_Lady]

Democrats will complain that chariots violated the horses rights and caused global warming with the methane gases coming from the horses.

LOL...come on, that's going a bit far. I just hope they have it on display in a museum by the time I go...if there's something positive I can say about England, it's that the laws in some parts of the country requiring proper excavations turn up the most amazing things. If anyone's ever in the north of England, the Jorvik museum in York is not to be missed. Neither are the bowels of the Minster, where you can see some of the original Roman and Norman foundations of the building. Very cool.

[putupon]

Not to mention ravaging the earth to extract ore and coal, and smoke from burning the coal in the fabrication of the wheels and other assorted hardware.

This all brings up the question:
Was the planet doomed when man discovered fire or later with the invention of the wheel?

Conclusion:
The only hope for the earth is if we all live in trees intead of burning them, and get our nourishment from uncooked bananas.

[Cindy]

Real cool and neato, too.

Seriously, I like looking
at these type of finds.

[Pedantic_Lady]

Real cool and neato, too.

I agree....it's awesome. One of my husband's friends is an archaeologist and an entomologist. He can take a bucketful of dirt and tell you exactly what kind of insects were around. It's really amazing.

[Fresh Wind]

Every once in a while, you hear of someone who wants to be buried in their car. Not a new idea, it would seem!

[jimtorr]

I spent some time in England in the early '90's, and I agree with you, some of the finds, as well as some of the Roman stuff that is still in use, are amazing.

Portchester castle, for instance. The original Roman walls of the fortified town, thought to be a large Roman army fortress, are still standing. They were used as the walls of a large castle up until medieval times.

The Roman Pharos, or lighthouse, on the cliffs above the Port of Dover is another good example. It also is still nearly intact.

[Pedantic_Lady]

Portchester castle, for instance. The original Roman walls of the fortified town, thought to be a large Roman army fortress, are still standing. They were used as the walls of a large castle up until medieval times. The Roman Pharos, or lighthouse, on the cliffs above the Port of Dover is another good example. It also is still nearly intact.

We'll have to check that out before we leave the country...right after we visit the Elgin Marbles before the Greeks get their hands on them again.

[jocon307]

LOL, I guess not.

Interesting post.

[Lockbar]

I was visiting the UK last year and took a nice trip to the British Museum. Interesting, all the old Roman and Iron age stuff that is found from time to time. But this is also just an excuse to post a pic of one of our favorite conservatives, C.H.!

[lentulusgracchus]

I guess he will have been a chief of the Coritani, who were documented as living in the area in Roman times, or possibly the Brigantes. If I have their location right, South Milford is in Yorkshire, east of Leeds and north of Pontefract; the story says most of the burials in chariots (essedum) have been found in Yorkshire.

The later first-century BC intrusion of the continental tribes (Atrebates, Parisii, others) was far enough to the south as not to cloud the tribal picture overmuch, so I'm assuming relative continuity of occupation patterns into historical times.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Did it have Lucas electronics? No wait... that was during the dark ages..

[Pedantic_Lady]

My cat's breath smells like cat food.

(Translation: You know way more about this than I do. I bow to you, oh possessor of much knowledge of the ancient world!)

[lentulusgracchus]

Portchester castle, for instance. The original Roman walls of the fortified town, thought to be a large Roman army fortress, are still standing.

Portchester is one of a string of large fortresses built by the Romans during the third century A.D. on the south coast of England as part of a defensive system against the Saxons, who were already raiding from northern Germany -- so that the eastern portion of the English Channel Coast was called the "Saxon shore". These were special-purpose fortresses that were reused by Diocletian when he reorganized the Empire's defenses two generations later. I visited one of the Saxon Shore forts and found it had a Diocletianic small castle (proto-"keep", if you will) erected wholly within the older shore-fort perimeter. There are five or seven of these big Saxon Shore forts, IIRC. I visited at least two, maybe three of these forts back in 1989.

[Pedantic_Lady]

Did you ever make it to York? I bet you'd have loved it.

[chainsaw]

Democrats will complain that chariots violated the horses rights and caused global warming with the methane gases coming from the horses.

And PETA will complain that it's inhumane to harness a horse to a Iron Cart.

[general_re]

Poor guy's been stuck in traffic for 2300 years or so. Guess gridlock's a real b*st*rd in the Yorkshire area ;)

[lentulusgracchus]

I bow to you, .....

Please, no bowing -- we're all small-"r" republicans here. Only Democrats are into bowing and scraping.

LOL