Raven Craig, Carlisle

Rotten Bottom, site of an archaeological find

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This unprepossessing stretch of upland peat bog was, in 1990, the site of a chance find of the remains of the oldest longbow found in Britain. The yew wood was carbon dated at between 4040 and 3640 BC, i.e. at least 5650 years. See 'The Carrifran Wildwood Story' by Myrtle and Philip Ashmole (Borders Forest Trust, Jedburgh 2009) and www.carrifran.org.uk.

Uploaded to Geograph by Jim Barton on 19 August 2010

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