tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post8139759089163716799..comments2024-02-07T23:23:13.726+00:00Comments on The Fylde and Wyre Antiquarian: Captain Mains-waringBrian Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-50227765038789896282008-01-10T07:29:00.000+00:002008-01-10T07:29:00.000+00:00Bella,Can't say I've had any dreams whereby I'm di...<B>Bella,<BR/><BR/>Can't say I've had any dreams whereby I'm digging a trench in somebody's house and you're there naked yet...although I must admit, I'm looking forward to the next one now.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-86808936187608266762008-01-10T05:20:00.000+00:002008-01-10T05:20:00.000+00:00Interestingly shaped rocks, I meant.Oh, very nice ...Interestingly shaped rocks, I meant.<BR/><BR/>Oh, very nice post by the way. <BR/><BR/>You have those dreams about digging trenches in people's houses too?! They freak me out... especially when I realise I'm naked in them...Ozfemmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075356134336964558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-38325260420156649662008-01-10T05:17:00.000+00:002008-01-10T05:17:00.000+00:00Please come and dig a big rectangular trench in ou...Please come and dig a big rectangular trench in our back yard. Cement it, tile it, fill it with water and put a diving board at one end and some steps at the other. You can keep any coins, human remains and interesting shaped rocks that you find.<BR/><BR/>Amen.Ozfemmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075356134336964558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-29049302990122093302008-01-09T11:00:00.000+00:002008-01-09T11:00:00.000+00:00Annie,I don't think modern building regulations ap...<B>Annie,<BR/><BR/>I don't think modern building regulations apply. Not unless you call 16th century additions (which all of those bits surrounding the suspect longhouse are) 'modern'.<BR/><BR/>The chances are, the original Saxon building (isolated as it is from the Saxon village of Little Singleton) was a fuller's mill or something similar...which would have had plenty of aromatic character, so you could be right.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-89477822952318873302008-01-09T07:40:00.000+00:002008-01-09T07:40:00.000+00:00My Dear Sir,From my study of your diagram, it is a...My Dear Sir,<BR/>From my study of your diagram, it is absolutely clear to me that modern building regulations have taken all the character out of domestic architecture.BwcaBrowniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500142856655553009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-16527126556574696042008-01-07T10:12:00.000+00:002008-01-07T10:12:00.000+00:00Witchy,Roman stones? Not sure about that. Probably...<B>Witchy,<BR/><BR/>Roman stones? Not sure about that. Probably not...but you never can tell. Only one section of the wall had been uncovered. <BR/><BR/>There was some glass buried outside that had a very distinctive patina and didn't half look Roman. When we had it analysed by the Museum Services, however, we were told it was Victorian. Yes...well...you've got to accept what the 'experts' say haven't you...but we haven't completely drawn a veil over the possibilities yet.<BR/></B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-39483960670564825742008-01-07T09:30:00.000+00:002008-01-07T09:30:00.000+00:00Oh to be in England now that trenching's here!Any ...Oh to be in England now that trenching's here!<BR/><BR/>Any odd Roman stones in that wall?JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-38731244482407642222008-01-04T10:25:00.000+00:002008-01-04T10:25:00.000+00:00We have a bit more evidence for the Saxon longhous...<B>We have a bit more evidence for the Saxon longhouse theory yet, John...but that'll have to wait until the next Mains Hall posting. (We're trying to build the suspense, you see...although I strongly suspect we're just sending most people to sleep.)</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-74949084506561866492008-01-03T20:53:00.000+00:002008-01-03T20:53:00.000+00:00Happy new Year!I'm thinking, of course, of how man...Happy new Year!<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking, of course, of how many people would see Wattle & Daub and think 'junk', or 'old', and not realize just what it was that they were looking at.<BR/><BR/>Great job of reasoning and exploration, and another nice addition to the Mains story.<BR/><BR/>With all the work and rework and preservation and additioning, etc., I hope an accurate record is being kept of what remains, so that a better picture of the place can one day be determined.<BR/><BR/>I also wonder how many others would have seen a Saxon long house in the midst of all this? Good eye!<BR/><BR/>More please, JOHN :0)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15142977785391302797noreply@blogger.com