ACTON COURT LONGBOWS: WOOD IDENTIFICATION.

Author(s): R M O Gale

This report includes the identification of the wood from two 15th century longbows from Acton Court as Taxus sp., yew, and comments on the direction of grain and condition of the wood.

Report Number:
97/1990
Series:
AML Reports (New Series)
Pages:
2
Keywords:
Plant Remains Wood

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