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Main Discussion Area => English Warbow => Topic started by: bookworm on February 21, 2018, 07:03:25 am

Title: Finsbury Archers Map of Targets article
Post by: bookworm on February 21, 2018, 07:03:25 am

Saw this on Twitter. Interesting blogpost by the Bodleian Library at Oxford University about the Finsbury Archers map of their target grounds. Amazing detail in the map.
https://t.co/Ha3GAgE69d

Title: Re: Finsbury Archers Map of Targets article
Post by: stuckinthemud on February 21, 2018, 03:36:03 pm

Fascinating. That's a huge number of targets on an enormous range, love some of the target names. Wonder what made the maiden blush? Thanks for posting.

Title: Re: Finsbury Archers Map of Targets article
Post by: DC on February 21, 2018, 03:44:20 pm

I didn't see anywhere how big this thing is. Do you happen to know?

Title: Re: Finsbury Archers Map of Targets article
Post by: bookworm on February 22, 2018, 09:22:35 am

I’m afraid I don’t. Folded, it looks about the size of a legal pad to me. The post says it is small, and suggests you could fit it in a quiver, but no specific dimensions are listed.

Title: Re: Finsbury Archers Map of Targets article
Post by: bookworm on February 22, 2018, 09:30:35 am

Quote from: stuckinthemud on February 21, 2018, 03:36:03 pm

Fascinating. That's a huge number of targets on an enormous range, love some of the target names. Wonder what made the maiden blush? Thanks for posting.

You’re welcome. I agree with you about the names. Theefe in the hedge must have been where a lot of arrows where lost, perhaps? I may borrow that one for a spot behind my house.  ;D