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Garden Cottage website
The Garthering Last updated: 6 November 2009 |
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This is an extract from lines 1896 to 1899 of Beowulf: |
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| Ža węs on sande sęgeap naca hladen herewędum hringedstefna, mearum ond mašmum; męst hlifade ofer Hrošgares hordgestreonum. |
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strand, with steeds and treasure and armour their roomy and ring-dight ship was heavily laden: high its mast rose over Hrothgar's hoarded gems. |
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This shows the dig in the late 1980s under the direction of Martin Carver, Professor of Archaeology at the University of York. Martin is on the right of the picture. At the top of the picture is a little wooden shed. It was here that Gar sat and sold tickets in the days before the National Trust was running the site. Click on the picture to enlarge |
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Here are some photos of the special
person to whom this magnificent seat is dedicated with love from all her family who miss her greatly. To some she was The Trout, to others Gar and to a few Betty. However you knew her, she was fun and these pictures show that.
The sculptor is Ben Platts-Mills. See more of his work here. Thanks Ben; you did a wonderful job. Click on the image to enlarge to a pdf version |
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Thanks to Kate Sussams at Sutton Hoo, who
originally so warmly embraced our proposal for a special seat. |
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