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  • The Oswestry Hillfort Pegasus Stone

    01/21/2014 7:32:03 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 5 replies
    Past Horizons ^ | Tuesday, January 21, 2014 | Professor George Nash, Maggie Rowlands and Rodney Farmer
    Today the magnificent 3,000 year old Shropshire hillfort of Old Oswestry is in the news while campaigners fight to halt several proposed housing developments that threatens both the setting and archaeology surrounding the monument. But, as if to highlight the importance of this place, a new discovery from 2008 has been dubbed the Oswestry Pegasus Stone. The engraved stone currently stands in the Oswestry Town Museum and Professor George Nash was invited by Rodney Farmer to review the previous interpretation. The stone was recovered during an archaeological watching brief in February 2008 from undergrowth near the main entrance to Old...