[TheForge] Old chain

[Scott Lane]

         Do you recall what channel you saw it on?  History, etc?

Scott

>I watched a program tonight about the celts and there was a bit about an air
>force base somewhere in England that was being built and a large truck got
>stuck in a bog, they found a chain nearby and pulled the truck out, turned
>out the chain was made in 100 AD and the lake beside the bog was full of
>golden celtic "stuff", the chain was for holding slaves, it had 4 large
>rings along its length for hands and feet. Nice looking style of chain too,
>they remarked on how good the craftmanship must have been to be able to take
>the weight of the lorry, I get a kick out of imagining bringing people from
>the past up to date with their lifes work, inventions etc (ie: giving
>Galileo a nice big telescope) imagine telling that smith that nearly 2000
>years later his handywork would be used to pull a 10 ton chariot out of the
>mud, I wonder if he wouldve sweated a bit more when he made each weld :)