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12-10-2008, 11:26 PM
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Hi
Can anyone help with id's on some very old bones I have recently dug up in my garden I will post pics tomorrow?  |
13-10-2008, 10:09 AM
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Well, they are either a previous owner's pet, or his/her partner!!
Looking forward to the photogs so we can guess which!
henrya
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13-10-2008, 10:20 AM
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Or a mammoth! 
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13-10-2008, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by thunder  Or his/her partner!! |
LOL - WAB is great, but if you suspect this, I think it's one for the boys in blue. 
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13-10-2008, 12:50 PM
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Yes, most likely a previous pet.
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13-10-2008, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Green Yes, most likely a previous pet. |
So let's narrow this down to dog, cat, Rabbit, guinea pig, rat, mouse, gerbil,iguana, parrot, budgie, snake, goldfish.
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13-10-2008, 01:25 PM
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If they're "very old" then I doubt if they will be guinea pig, rat, mouse, gerbil, iguana, parrot, budgie, snake, goldfish, et al!! They'd have disintegrated by now. I still come across Rabbit bones from a few years back in my herb garden (it's been a long while since any Rabbits were buried in there) so I'd say Rabbit sized upwards
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13-10-2008, 01:25 PM
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How far down were the bones? I suppose it wouldn't have to be a pet if the house and garden were built more recently
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13-10-2008, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Green How far down were the bones? I suppose it wouldn't have to be a pet if the house and garden were built more recently | Hi all
I am uploading the photos now. For info my house was built in 1690 yes it's 17th century, the bones are certainly not a small pet! I was having Oil Central Heating fitted and when they dug down to 600mm I was telling them how I always find bones and broken bits of old pottery, lo and behold we was looking at a selectionof bones in the trench.
Photos to follow. |
13-10-2008, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Phoebe Hi all
I am uploading the photos now. For info my house was built in 1690 yes it's 17th century, the bones are certainly not a small pet! I was having Oil Central Heating fitted and when they dug down to 600mm I was telling them how I always find bones and broken bits of old pottery, lo and behold we was looking at a selectionof bones in the trench.
Photos to follow. | 
Jawbone with tooth what animal? 
Don't know where this on comes from? 
And this one, where is it from and what animal? |
13-10-2008, 08:37 PM
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I believe its a sheep. The bottom one is the shoulder blade. The one above looks like its from its arm/fore leg.
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13-10-2008, 08:39 PM
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Hi,
I'm absolutely no expert on this, but the jawbone: Being pointed yet broad and blunt, I'd guess it's a herbivore... it kind of looks like it would be used on foliage, like a grazer.
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13-10-2008, 08:46 PM
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I wondered if they could be from a horse or maybe a pig. The bones are very crumbly so I don't know how long it would take to get to that stage. It is a puzzle.
The jawbone is not complete it is broken off on the length so would be longer.
There are more photos of the same from other aspects in the archive I didn't want to put them all on here for fear of boring everyone. |
13-10-2008, 08:52 PM
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I have to agree, it looks so herbivore and I would say sheep.
Photo of the grinding surface of the teeth? |
13-10-2008, 09:00 PM
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Most of you seem to agree on sheep. Thanks for your replies. I must buy a shoulder of lamb for Sunday Roast so I can compare. I really wanted to keep looking in the trench, there must be the whole animal in there. But where I found other bones in the past were no where near this spot in fact they were 10 metres away it quite surprised me. I must be living on a kind of animal cemetary  |
13-10-2008, 09:07 PM
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I used to work part time in a butchers whilst doing my degree, I didnt think it would come in handy on WAB though .
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13-10-2008, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Dogghound I used to work part time in a butchers whilst doing my degree, I didnt think it would come in handy on WAB though . | Hi Dogghound
Thanks for that I was thinking of taking them to my butcher for confirmation. It's amazing when knowledge comes in handy |
13-10-2008, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by thunder Well, they are either a previous owner's pet, or his/her partner!!
Looking forward to the photogs so we can guess which!
henrya | lol |
13-10-2008, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Phoebe I must be living on a kind of animal cemetary | Kitchen waste dump? |
13-10-2008, 10:24 PM
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I doubt it. I do live with farmland around so assume it had been buried many years ago. And as for the other bones found I really don't know. | | |
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