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A Comparison of the Medieval White Castle Flute with the Chalcolithic Example of Veyreau

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2014

Paula M. T. Scothern
Paula M. T. Scothern*
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Lucy Cavendish College, Lady Margaret Road, Cambridge CB3 0BU
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The clearance of White Castle, Gwent, in the late 1920s led to the discovery of an end-blown flute or flageolet in the moat (Megaw 1961). This was a metatarsal of red deer, pierced by five regularly spaced finger-holes, two rear thumb-holes, a sound and suspension-hole (pl. 35 a, b). Its association with medieval pottery suggested a 13th-century date which was supported by its scratch and dot engraving reminiscent of medieval examples from Bornholm and Wartburg (fig. 2). Megaw considered it to be one in a long tradition of block and duct flutes dating as far back as Avebury (1500 BC) and Malham Tarn (Iron Age).

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , 1989 , pp. 257 - 260
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1989

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