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Crofter finds a 'Viking' anchor on the Isle of Skye
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| Thursday, December 3, 2009
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Posted on 12/07/2009 7:08:33 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: guitarplayer1953
I was thinking early 11th century.
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posted on
12/07/2009 9:00:34 PM PST
by
SMCC1
To: SMCC1
Still it was 1009 yes the 11th century was Scotland part of the UK then?
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posted on
12/07/2009 9:17:51 PM PST
by
guitarplayer1953
(Romak 7.62X54MM, AK47 7.62X39MM, LARGO 9X23MM, HAPINESS IS A WARM GUN BANG BANG YEA YEA)
To: guitarplayer1953
According to wikipedia, “The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent sovereign state before 1 May 1707 when it entered into a political union with the Kingdom of England to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain.”
For some reason I thought it was earlier than that but guess not.
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posted on
12/07/2009 9:30:02 PM PST
by
SMCC1
To: SMCC1
I was going to say when was Braveheart suppose to of happened?
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posted on
12/07/2009 9:33:57 PM PST
by
guitarplayer1953
(Romak 7.62X54MM, AK47 7.62X39MM, LARGO 9X23MM, HAPINESS IS A WARM GUN BANG BANG YEA YEA)
To: guitarplayer1953
13th century so the anchor predates both those events and the creation of the UK. Pretty cool.
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posted on
12/07/2009 9:44:24 PM PST
by
SMCC1
To: SunkenCiv
I’m adding this to my bookmarks!
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posted on
12/07/2009 10:03:55 PM PST
by
rdl6989
(January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
To: lack-of-trust
A crofter was those people who lived off the land. Many of them were cleared in that area by Mrs MacDonald.
The descendants of Summerled MacSorley have had their DNA tested. It shows a clear line from the Norse.
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posted on
12/07/2009 11:05:17 PM PST
by
Domangart
(editor and publisher)
To: Twotone; Knitting A Conundrum; ThanhPhero; Julia H.; DuncanWaring; snuffy smiff; ottbmare; ...
Thanks to
SunkenCiv for the ping.
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posted on
12/08/2009 9:32:56 AM PST
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
To: MSF BU
> I understood it to mean he found something of value and hell have it taken from him.
The mere act of “finding” something does not automatically make it yours.
If you were to “find” my wallet in the street, and you were to decide to keep it instead of trying to return it to me, you could be had up on charges of “Theft by Finding”.
Similar concept here: the anchor does not necessarily belong to the “finder” thereof.
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posted on
12/08/2009 10:13:46 AM PST
by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fà g am bealach.)
To: Prodigal Son
Does Skye have a distillery?
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posted on
12/08/2009 11:06:44 AM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: guitarplayer1953; SMCC1
The English King Edward I conquered Scotland and was Braveheart's great nemisis. Edward's son was not the King or soldier Edward was and lost the Battle of Bannockburn to Edward the Bruce. Scotland was thereafter independent.
The crowns were united when Elizabeth died without an heir and the Scottish King James VI became King James I of England. The countries were technically separate, however, until the Acts of Union of 1707, after which the "Union Jack" became the flag of the United Kingdom.
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posted on
12/08/2009 12:11:41 PM PST
by
colorado tanker
(What's it all about, Barrrrry? Is it just for the power, you live?)
To: SunkenCiv
They found a Viking burial plot in my front pasture on the Isle of Man. I didn’t think there ever any question the Vikings stayed.
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posted on
12/08/2009 12:13:41 PM PST
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: Prodigal Son; SunkenCiv
And definitely make your way up to Oban and taste the Scottish whiskey. Try some of the Islay malts, too. mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm! I loooove those smoky malts. Hubby prefers the Highland or Lowland single malts, but I love the Islays.
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posted on
12/08/2009 12:33:19 PM PST
by
TheOldLady
(No more global baloneyism!! -- Jim Thompson!)
To: DieHard the Hunter
Ah, then it must ‘belong’ to the viking who lost it? Certainly it doesn’t belong to the government.
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posted on
12/08/2009 12:48:51 PM PST
by
MSF BU
(++)
To: lack-of-trust
b) how does the anchor prove vikings settled in Skye vs some viking lost his anchor?I wondered that, myself. Very weak reasoning behind that statement, irrespective of the real facts.
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posted on
12/08/2009 1:25:46 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Here I come, with a sharp knife and a clear conscience!)
To: DuncanWaring
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posted on
12/08/2009 8:05:59 PM PST
by
decal
(The Key To Flexibility is Indecision)
To: TheOldLady
Not my thing, but I would like to visit Scotland, yet.
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posted on
12/08/2009 8:08:41 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Deb
Wow, thanks! Interesting!
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posted on
12/08/2009 8:08:54 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: rdl6989
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posted on
12/08/2009 8:09:06 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: NormsRevenge
Uh-boy... I wonder if they’ve got what it’s going to take, the NFL has a bigger than usual divergence in team quality this year.
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posted on
12/08/2009 8:10:51 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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