09-11-2010, 03:02 PM
No you haven't frightened me off :lol: , I just thought it better to stay out of the debate! However I was wearing leather scale armour, with leather backing, over a leather jerkin. But more importantly I have gotten the book "Revealing King Arthur" by Chris Gidlow (Sorry, I didn't name the book) And have been pleasently suprised that it's about the archaeology of the late fifth century, plus I found some intriuging Archeaological evidence. At Four Crosses in Powys archaeologists have discovered a spearhead and a javelin tip. The javelin was made of a length of soft iron which had been bent and unbent many times, it had a head similar to Roman hunting arrows, but with a dimond cross-section. The length of the shaft behind it was also similar to an arrow but because of the socket it was evidently attached to a shaft of wood, maybe five feet long. Also found at the same burial was a spearhead. The spearhead was long and tapering as well as leaf-shaped and had a stiff central ridge. Please tell me what you think of this new data.
Nicholas