Re: Industrial/Fishing Archaeology in North Yorkshire

IE J wrote: news:m67fg.2927$E02.870@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<hrothgar_cyning skrev
Peter Alaca wrote:
hrothgar_cyning wrote:
Peter Alaca wrote:
hrothgar_cyning wrote:

Staithes is, incidentally, a fascinating
place that I can well recommend -- in the river there were (IIRC)
some Bronze-age timbers found relatively recently

2001. See e.g.
http://tinyurl.com/ozejb
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3938
There is a reference to the Tees Archaeology
Newsletter No.2 April 2003, but I only could find
the latest issue (and some other interesting
things), but there seems to be no archive.
http://www.teesarchaeology.com//index.html

Thanks for the links.

I'd certainly agree on the difficulty in
discriminating between natural and man-made features in this type
of area, but the regularity of the features in question (I spotted
perhaps 10, widely spread) suggests the latter must surely be the
case. I've attempted, in lieu of a photo, to sketch one :-)
Apologies in advance for the poor draftsmanship -- see
<http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/temporary/staithes.gif>

No poor drawing at all
That certainly looks artificial. They must be localy known.

Yes, I thought that too but I couldn't find anything in the local
history books about them. Lots about structures and trackways across
the platform associated with the shipping of ironstone, but nothing
that fitted with these structures.

You made me curious.

I shall take my camera this weekend and see if I can get some good
photos. I have to admit I'm perplexed... Any speculations very much
welcomed!

Tom,
to me it looks like a fishing corf. Been trying to find a photo of an
alike structure I have seen within a small river here. Remember I was
told that there had been a cage made from willow tree branches above.
Seen speculations that it was to catch salmon or eel. In the later
case the word used was eel-barrel....

You mean a weir, a fyke or a hoopnet?.
I am sure there is are fish or shrimps trapped in
the Staithes' features at low tide, but size, form
and configuration don't fit with anything I know of
fish traps. I am especially puzzled by the 'postholes'
And it is much easier to make traps from rocks.

Tom, look out for signs of a configuration as in the
middle of this figure http://tinyurl.com/qsca2
(in this case the current is the eb current),
especially for signs of diagonal guides.

--
p.a.

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