tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post4568650836945283141..comments2024-02-07T23:23:13.726+00:00Comments on The Fylde and Wyre Antiquarian: Wyre Archaeology Does the Grange Farm Platform: Part ThreeBrian Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-40736265096282880632008-07-15T16:13:00.000+01:002008-07-15T16:13:00.000+01:00Annie,You're quite right. Cows produce milk to fee...<B>Annie,<BR/><BR/>You're quite right. Cows produce milk to feed their young, don't they? So cheesecake wouldn't be canibalism for them, it'd just be their equivalent of us eating Farley's rusks.<BR/><BR/>Mmm...Farleys rusks...</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-63170155229416183022008-07-15T14:36:00.000+01:002008-07-15T14:36:00.000+01:00do bees eat honey?do bees eat honey?Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-21562193089414758362008-07-13T18:03:00.000+01:002008-07-13T18:03:00.000+01:00Annie,Cows eating cheesecake? Wouldn't that amount...<B>Annie,<BR/><BR/>Cows eating cheesecake? Wouldn't that amount to a form of canibalism?<BR/><BR/>John,<BR/><BR/>Yes, no gardens nearby (deep in farming country here) and yes. It was an interesting dig today and we're slowly unravelling the mysteries of our platform. More to come in the next few weeks some time.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-30890335862494898552008-07-13T15:37:00.000+01:002008-07-13T15:37:00.000+01:00A watermill would have to be of sturdy constructio...A watermill would have to be of sturdy construction, wouldn't it, suggesting very large stones for the walls, and millstones as well?<BR/><BR/>Of course very large stones would probably be recycled into something nearby... and maybe you want to check nearby gardens for a millstone with little flowers climbing up it as it leans against a wall?<BR/><BR/>Doesn't mortar and lime suggest medieval construction?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Just thinking... I think it's time for a recap after post #4.<BR/><BR/>JOHN :0)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15142977785391302797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-2956581470827031812008-07-13T14:34:00.000+01:002008-07-13T14:34:00.000+01:00after I read the other comments I forgot wot I was...after I read the other comments I forgot wot I was gonna say.<BR/><BR/>cows are very curious, or just bored witless standng around all day.<BR/>maybe they ate the cheesecake too.Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-88609391990130072172008-07-13T06:35:00.000+01:002008-07-13T06:35:00.000+01:00John,"By any chance is there an English, or a Wyre...<B>John,</B><BR/><BR/>"By any chance is there an English, or a Wyre and Fylde, Holiday that involves the locals running about smashing pottery?"<BR/><BR/><B>It's called a typical Saturday night out in Blackpool.</B><BR/><BR/>"The reason i ask is that it appears to me that all you have do do over there is stick a spade in the ground and you are finding bits of pottery and teapots."<BR/><BR/><B>Ah, well, what you have to remember here is that Britain's just a small island with about 10,000 years of history. That's an awful lot of people and an awful lot of teapots. I remember one epsiode of Time Team where they completely failed to find anything archaeological whatsoever, to which Tony Robinson commented: "We must have chosen the only field in Britain with nothing it." He probably had a point.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Beast,<BR/><BR/>Fingers crossed...although it's more likely to be a later building of some sort that's been built out of the reamins of the watermill. Hopefully we'll be digging some more of it up over the next few weeks so we should get some answers.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-27573692987525008192008-07-13T05:05:00.000+01:002008-07-13T05:05:00.000+01:00Hmm.Maybe it is the watermill.Hmm.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it is the watermill.Feral Beasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143227888315736467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-13303471652776162162008-07-12T17:24:00.000+01:002008-07-12T17:24:00.000+01:00By any chance is there an English, or a Wyre and F...By any chance is there an English, or a Wyre and Fylde, Holiday that involves the locals running about smashing pottery? And in a related question, do you lot run about with teapots wherever you go, and leave them lying about when done with them?<BR/><BR/>The reason i ask is that it appears to me that all you have do do over there is stick a spade in the ground and you are finding bits of pottery and teapots. Over here in the states you stick a spade in the ground and you get dirt, rocks, and tree roots. Maybe a 1972 penny if you're really lucky.<BR/><BR/>I'm serious about this, and would like an answer.<BR/><BR/>Cheers, JOHN :0)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15142977785391302797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-2838997185979037242008-07-12T16:36:00.000+01:002008-07-12T16:36:00.000+01:00Jayne,Now that I can't answer. Possibly the cows h...<B>Jayne,<BR/><BR/>Now that I can't answer. Possibly the cows have eaten them.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, you can't leave anything alone for five minutes round here without somebody nicking it.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-77114544193956701872008-07-12T14:26:00.000+01:002008-07-12T14:26:00.000+01:00I know! I know! *waves hand madly at the back of t...I know! I know! <BR/>*waves hand madly at the back of the class*<BR/>Bricks have different styles, thickness, materials and glazes through each period.<BR/>As do the mortars differ to glue the whole lot together :P<BR/>So where would the rest of the materials be, if they haven't used them all in the barn building?Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.com