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Check this out yall
HoorayHorace:
Looks modern to me.
meanewood:
Does anyone have an update on this 'Find'
ie testing etc
WillS:
Nope. They won't test it. Fear of damage and finances are the given reasons. I'm still convinced it's modern.
meanewood:
Wasn't it to go to the Royal Armouries for preservation and testing?
If it is a medieval arrow, it would be a significant find, so surely the Museum would do the work!
Strelets:
When a roof is rethatched it is not usual to strip it right back to the timbers; the loose straw is scraped off and another layer sparred on. Over time the thickness can build up to several feet. The lowest layers of thatch can be hundreds of years old. There have been some well verified finds of late medieval or Tudor objects in the lower layers of thatch. My house is 400 years old and thatched; some of the original roof timbers look as if they were cut very recently because they have been kept dry and in the dark all these years. I have just tried a test on my roof: if an arrow is pushed into it the whole length can easily disappear into the thatch. If you want to find for a genuine medieval or Tudor arrow, then inside an old roof is the place to start looking.
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