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by **Lucky Jim** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:21 pm

Just like to say hi being a a newbie.
Regerds Lucky Jim

by **Oracle** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:35 pm

Lucky Jim wrote:Just like to say hi being a a newbie.
Regerds Lucky Jim

Welcome Lucky Jim

Do you lecture in Medieval History perchance?

Merrie England to you Sir!

Pip-pip

by **Bubble 'n' squeak** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:38 pm

Hi lucky Jimbo and welcome :-)

by **LENA** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:09 am

Hello and welcome

by **Lucky Jim** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:22 pm

Oracle I am no expert in medieval history. however a few years ago I was helping a local farmer to dig a drainage ditch in a field and we uncovered numerous blocks of stone. The stones were rectangular in form and some were chiseled out in the form of a square. When we asked the local history society they said that the stones were Medieval and the stones which were mortised out would be to take the timber uprights of the building. Local records did not show of any building in that field and so it remains a mytery of how they came to be there.
Regards Lucky Jim

by **bill cobbett** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:24 pm

Welcome to the CY Forum mate.

by **Oracle** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:35 pm

Lucky Jim wrote:Oracle I am no expert in medieval history. however a few years ago I was helping a local farmer to dig a drainage ditch in a field and we uncovered numerous blocks of stone. The stones were rectangular in form and some were chiseled out in the form of a square. When we asked the local history society they said that the stones were Medieval and the stones which were mortised out would be to take the timber uprights of the building. Local records did not show of any building in that field and so it remains a mytery of how they came to be there.
Regards Lucky Jim

Hello again Lucky Jim

Are you perchance in the West Country area ..

I have helped with a number of archaeological digs there and you sound "in the know ".

Farmland seems to be particularly rewarding in past histories in the UK and I am constantly delighted by the generosity exhibited by these farmers whose livelihood would otherwise depend on undisturbed cultivation of cowing etc.

History before agriculture I say .....

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