10 September 2007

Important archeological find in UK

This sounds like an invaluable, incredibly important discovery for Britain's historical community...
A 1,000-year-old Viking longship is thought to have been discovered under a pub car park on Merseyside.

The vessel is believed to lie beneath 6ft to 10ft (2m to 3m) of clay by the Railway Inn in Meols, Wirral, where Vikings are known to have settled.
Well, perhaps "rediscovery" is a more precise term.
The ship was first uncovered in 1938 when the Railway Inn was being knocked down and rebuilt further from the road, the site of the old pub being made into a car park.

Workers were advised by the foreman to cover the ship over again so as not to delay construction.
Well, you don't want anything to mess with your local pub.

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