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Medieval Irish bow and crossbow drawings

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stuckinthemud:
These are the drawings of finds from Waterford in Ireland.  The archaeologist identified all of them as bow fragments but noted some quirks, like one had a completely straight edge.  I think some are now, but some are not, more likely being crossbows. Anyway , I hope you find them interesting and I'd love to hear your thoughts.

jameswoodmot:
Thanks for posting that, got a link to the original paper?

stuckinthemud:

stuckinthemud:


This is the full catalogue entry from the last page of the book, which has only a very short discussion on archery of the period.  For what it's worth, they believe that fragment 4, 6 and 7 are bows (archery) where I believe they are not  >:D

jameswoodmot:
Here are some photos

https://scytta.wordpress.com/2023/06/28/archery-material-in-the-national-museum-of-ireland/

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