Medieval History
The origins of the Newport Medieval Ship may have finally been solved ? with new research announced yesterday pointing to the north of Spain.
Thanks to recent advances in tree-ring dating, experts have obtained the first scientific evidence that the ship may come from the Basque Country.
A Basque origin had been suspected for some time but it was only with research into the ship's timbers and historic buildings in Northern Spain that the new results were possible.
Experts from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and the Arkeolan Foundation based in the Basque town of Irun had conducted the research.
Click here to read this article from the South Argus Wales
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Medieval History
Newport?s Medieval Ship could have been Basque
Thanks to recent advances in tree-ring dating, experts have obtained the first scientific evidence that the ship may come from the Basque Country.
A Basque origin had been suspected for some time but it was only with research into the ship's timbers and historic buildings in Northern Spain that the new results were possible.
Experts from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and the Arkeolan Foundation based in the Basque town of Irun had conducted the research.
Click here to read this article from the South Argus Wales
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A decade of the Newport Medieval Ship will be celebrated next month at the site of the original discovery. ?The Newport Medieval Ship: A Decade of Discovery? event will be held at The Riverfront on June 1. Visitors will be taken on a journey from...
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In the summer of 2002, thousands flocked to the banks of the River Usk in Newport, to see a piece of history. In the middle of a building site, the mud had been cleared to reveal the 500-year-old remains of a trading ship. Built in 1447, it is the world's...
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The Newport Ship is at the heart of a new collaboration that gets underway this week between the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, the British Museum and Cardiff University. European funding will allow new research on what kept the ship watertight:...
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