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« Reply #30 on: March 18, 2012, 05:57:20 PM »

what news on the saxon viking stories

Hi John,
                sadly I have lost the scent on that one. Did you look up Viking Burial Ship and Talacre on the internet? I am hoping to spend a lot of time down there this season and will do some research into the area.

               On Friday I turned up an odd piece of scrap on the beach; it looked like one of those spikes off a wrought iron fence. When I showed it to my daughter she said  " point off a pikestaff ". Me, I think that it is too short and not pointed enough. I will post a picture later this week.

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« Reply #31 on: March 18, 2012, 06:35:42 PM »

Hi Chris I live in Gwespyr on the hill above Talacre, it was a viking burial that was found in the 1930s. They found it while digging a septic tank for a bungalow in Tanlan(on the coast road  towards Ffynnongroyw) . If I remember rightly there was a skeleton and a spearhead found. Hope this helps.
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« Reply #32 on: March 18, 2012, 06:52:17 PM »

Hi Chris I live in Gwespyr on the hill above Talacre, it was a viking burial that was found in the 1930s. They found it while digging a septic tank for a bungalow in Tanlan(on the coast road  towards Ffynnongroyw) . If I remember rightly there was a skeleton and a spearhead found. Hope this helps.

Hi Dungbeetle,
                         I had got that far after visiting Rhyl library and consulting with one of the librarians. Me thinks that it is a case of Chinese whispers! Someone says they have found a Viking Burial, and then someone thinks " Aaaah, Vikings were buried in their ships. "     And Bingo; it suddenly becomes a Viking Burial Ship. Unless we are missing something.

                                                              Chris

PS, there is a lot of work going on at Talcre just now. Diggers and dumpers working in the dunes. Also tipper lorries importing sand!   Roll Eyes
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« Reply #33 on: March 18, 2012, 07:04:25 PM »

I  have lived here all my life and only heard  about it in a local history evening class but last year I found a piece of a Cnut short cross penny not too far away(it's with the FLO at the moment) so vikings were in the area.
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« Reply #34 on: March 18, 2012, 07:50:37 PM »

They sometimes have history lectures in the comunity centre at Talacre.


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« Reply #35 on: January 22, 2017, 02:24:38 PM »

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Might be able to help you with this

The Viking grave was found when my wife's great grandfather was building the row of semis at Tan Lan

Her grandmother always said it was in the garden of their house ( the Elms ) and was moved to Liverpool museum where it was destroyed in ww2 bombing

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« Reply #36 on: January 22, 2017, 02:35:34 PM »

                          Hey Ho; perhaps it was cursed.  Shocked

                          Didn't spent a lot of time at Talacre last year, but have been try my hand on the more westerly beaches. Will probably put some time in at Talacre this year but will try to plan things a bit better. Sadly, parking at Talacre is a bit of a bugger these days.  Angry
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