Dear Cerdingas, The ERA/Ravens practice this Sunday (07/04/02/) ,which will start at 2.00pm, has been moved from Leigh woods to Clifton Downs (still Bristol)....
New photos posted of the reconstruction of the burial chamber at Sutton Hoo. Sorry there are only two but there aren't supposed to be any pictures at all...
Right thegnworthy I would say. Other news, I have just found out that there was a Cerdic Conference in 1995 at, I believe, Southampton University so will try...
Leof Cerdingas, This E-group, which is all there is to Cerdingas at present, now boasts nine members. It is perhaps time to ask what we, the members, want from...
Leof Roy An excellent summary of the options. I will post again when I have done some thinking. An immediate thought is that contribution makes a group. If...
Hi All ... As Edwin's son I thought I'd take a quick break from coding web sites to say hi and that I'm interested in whatever appears - reenactment outside of...
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Jun 12, 2002 11:02 pm
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In a message dated 13/06/02 00:03:55 GMT Daylight Time, ... These are just an almost random selection but they give the facts as we know them (ish). Edwin ...
An article on the Nydam Ship , do look at the full picture selection as well. http://index.waterland.net/navis/ships/ship007/Ship007Engl.htm Perhaps full-size...
Hello all Cerdingas, As some of you are probably aware, I'm already a member (alright, I'm a founder member and Business Manager) of ERA so I'm on this e-group...
Me scrams too long And me other tunic tight The colour is wrong And the BLUE!'s too light. I think I'll run away to sea In a retro repro barque. And a fighting...
Leof Cerdingas, Thanks to Matt for a very useful contribution. At least for now I my thought is that Cerdingas would be better off not in public shows, to...
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Jun 16, 2002 8:02 am
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Leof Cerdingas The new file shows what can be done with basic materials but is in a real sense a piece of living history. Pushing a boat over the shallows or...
Leof Cerdingas, The coracle society newsletter for Nov 2001 (the latest?) mentions a description of what appears to be a curragh (or large coracle) from volume...
Fortunatly I've got volumes one through six on a searchable pdf (if anyone would like a copy of this file, let me know and I'll e-mail it to you). In volume...
Leof Aeldred, Thanks. That does clarify the matter. It certainly suggests that the early continental Saxon inland vessel was a type of curragh (unless Gibbon...
Sadly, after I left Wintanceaster it ground to a shuddering halt and after a couple of years there were no members left (coz I'd poached all of the good ones...
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Jul 7, 2002 12:40 pm
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-Leof Lithsmen A curragh cetainly appeals for its economy and practicality and transportability. If there is some historical evidence then the case is almost...
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Jul 14, 2002 9:20 pm
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Leof Cerdingas, Cerdingas became, briefly, an active re-enactment society last weekend, with a single spearman joining Aella's siege of the Saxon Shore fort at...
Eminently sensible idea to go to eg. ERA for combat fun. I still hope to attract members AND contributions on the research/ living history side. Very soon now...
Hi Edwin, Name a piece of water when you get the boat. I may be able to help you with the rigging and with sailing, I do have some experience. If your plastic...
"Fathom Fathom was originally a land measuring term derived from the Anglo Saxon word "faetm" meaning literally the embracing arms or to embrace. In those...
Leof Followers of the Gull's way Rope is the fundamental artefact after the boat and we are still making it from the same materials as did the Anglo-Saxons and...
Dear all, Have a chat to Ash in ERA about net making as it's one of the things he sometimes does on site andI'm sure he'd be happy to help. Are any of you...