The Longshed at Whisstocks Place, Video East interview with Pete Clay

[@antonyreyn]

Great video, I am a donnor to the ship, can someone answer this please - as they have rivets from the ship have they chemically tested them to see where the Iron was from? Thanks

[@TheSuttonHooShipsCompany]

Hi as far as we know, the rivets weren't chemically tested, probably because there was too much corrosion and not enough sound metal in the recovered rivets. The rivet we have in the Longshed is in three pieces and has hollowed out over the years, the the cavities were X-rayed to get the original dimensions. As far as we know there were a number of possible sources of iron in Saxon East Anglia. There would have still been a lot of Roman iron available for re-use, bog Iron sourced from under streams and marshy ground - was available, but we do not not know in what quantities. Iron traded from continental Europe could also have been used. The nearest iron ore which could have been processed outside of the kingdom of East Anglia was in somewhat hostile territories and is thought to have been unlikely to have been used. Of course, if the ship was built on the continent then there would have been a number of other sources available.

[@antonyreyn]

@@TheSuttonHooShipsCompany great reply thankyou very informative, also for people interested I think you have a video with the cool story of how you got your rivet. Thanks for your amazing work on and off the Ship.

[@TheSuttonHooShipsCompany]

@@antonyreyn kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYGtXqhuo7Ssb5o We do indeed!

[@Rafe758]

1:38 that sail with the face looks fantastic. I know you guys aren't building the new replica with a mast, because there was no mast buried with the original ship and the verdict is somewhat out on north sea peoples having begun sailing at all during this time - but what are the arguments for or against? Iv heard mixed info on if Britain and the Germanic tribes had a sailing culture at this point. Wasn't Britain under Roman rule and influence prior, who did have sailing for quite some time already? The angles adopted Roman Christianity, why not sailing? Is the ship believed to have been built in Jutland or somewhere else and only buried in east Anglia? Would love to know. Anyway I love following the project, i think its really great what yo'ure all doing. Keep up the good work!

[@timkirk3811]

You are correct; there was no mast or other spars found in the excavation - but then there were no oars found, either. The conventional academic argument is (simplifying!) that sail left Britain with the Romans and didn't return until the 'Vikings' brought it back in the 8th century. Also, it has often been suggested that the ship could not have sailed because of its dish-like cross-sections and lack of a projecting keel. These arguments need testing and so, whilst we will not be able to say that the ship definitely did sail, we do intend to fit a mast and sailing rig after the main rowing trials are completed to test out these questions.

[@worthlessendeavors]

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