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For those of you interested in such things, a fascinating study has developed from an archaeological dig in Ireland containing a ritual fire-pit. Dating of consecutive burning events, and types and proportions of various woods identified from charcoal analysis throw up some quite evocative...

Hi folks, It's been a while since I popped into the Bushcraftuk forum, like one of those who only turn up when they want something... Would I be wrong in believing that there used to be a section in the forum of archived material which included a book by Nessmuk published in the late C19th or...

Just a heads-up to anyone who’s at all interested… The Chauvet Pont d’Arc Cave in the Ardèche region of southern France, discovered in 1994 by three speleologists, in which were found cave paintings since identified as the oldest yet known worldwide [although I know a wee Spanish man who might...

Hi folks, My wife and I just got back from a break in Rhodes and I thought some may be interested in old farming implements that were placed as features around the grounds of our hotel. The owner, a Rhodes man, is a keen collector of all manner of artefacts, many of which he has simply taken...

Hi folks. I'm sure those of you with a particular interest in flint knapping, archaeology, human development, etc., are well aware of the Stone Age Tools Museum, so please forgive me if this is old hat. http://www.stoneagetools.co.uk/ The site includes a free e.book which is brief and concise...

The Drunken Ape It’s quite a few years ago now, since I positioned a half leg of lamb over my fire on the shore of Loch Etive and sat tending my slow roast while snacking contentedly on the mussels and the mackerel I’d collected on the way. It had been an easy day, my kayak going...

There was an incident on Wednesday at Gleann Dubh Lighe bothy, off the Mallaig road in Lochaber, arguably one of Scotland's finest bothies, in which the building was gutted by fire. The following was posted on a bothies website a few days ago. "I had an extreme dodgy gas canister event at...

I wasn't quite sure where to put this. I think Out and About is as good a place as any. In replying to a thread on shelter ID by Chance, ( http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69155 ) the topic of recent geological surveys carried out on Kefalonia in the Ionian islands off the...

I spotted a lovely piece of blackthorn about 4" thick and 3 feet in length when gathering sloes in the autumn and went out and cut it in January in about 3 feet of snow. I wasn't quite sure at first who'd come off the worse for the experience. I suppose the blackthorn, as I ended its days...

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Hi Folks, I've been sitting watching BBC2 "Digging for Britain". I was delighted to recognise immediately on seeing, and before the presenter identified the objects, a flint with iron nodule. This was found in a high status grave in Forteviot in Perthshire, along with a beautiful bronze...

I was reminded recently of a strange event when I was a child of coal miners reciting what I thought for years to be a rhyme. I realised a long time later that they were counting, and although it was something rarely heard, I came across it again in my 20's on hearing an old ploughman, Mr...

I've just posted the following in "Flora and Fauna" and am curious as to whether anyone has been following it. Amazing stuff! __________________ Just wondering whether anyone has watched the current series running on BBC2 Scotland, with Dr Cathy Marr, entitled "Fás Slán (Grow Well)" exploring...

Just wondering whether anyone has watched the current series running on BBC2 Scotland, with Dr Cathy Marr, entitled "Fás Slán (Grow Well)" exploring traditional lore and medicines of the Highlands and Western Isles, mainly concentrating on common flora and their various medicinal properties but...

I was out a couple of weeks ago and came across a gorgeous wee woodland, about 3 or 4 acres, and have spent the past while finding out who owns it and considering just how to approach the farmer. There's a substantial shelter, a lined and turfed roof standing on 10 sunk telegraph poles and...

Lessons with Combustibles: or, Idiots With Matches! ... stories with a moral! Stories involving fire are myriad, usually regarding some idiotic exploit, told in third person narrative about a character of Wilt-like proportions. The reasoning behind the 3rd person narration is often due to...