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Rockchipper Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 11	Celtic Slings ? Nov 21^st, 2008 at 11:18pm Did the celts use slings ? and is there any evidence ?
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Reply #1 - Nov 22^nd, 2008 at 4:17am

Yes there is evidence. Here is a Celt slinging on YouTube: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=A4l0mBx6wVM ; Wink

But seriously,

Irish slinging: http://www.libraryireland.com/SocialHistoryAncientIreland/I-III-4.php

Iron Age British slinging: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3lkEgdtOvGEC&pg=PA534&lpg=PA534&dq=iron+age++...

Unfortunately no slings have survived from that period so we have no idea how they were made.

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Reply #2 - Nov 22^nd, 2008 at 6:28am

Barry Cunlffe, in Iron Age communities In Britain
Micheal Avery Stoning & Fire at Hillfort Entrance of Southern Britain published in World Archeology vol18#2 weapons and warfare October 1986

Both of them deal with the archeological evidence of the Celtic sling. There are various mentions in the hero sagas of slinging.
There are no real slings fom the Celtic period that I know of, however, in Dublin, sling pouches from the early Middle Ages have been found. this close enough?

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Rockchipper Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 11	Re: Celtic Slings ? Reply #3 - Nov 22^nd, 2008 at 9:22am cool outfit ,thanks for the info. that is what i was looking for
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winkleried Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1535 Norman Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Celtic Slings ? Reply #4 - Nov 23^rd, 2008 at 1:27pm How about this one? If I understand correctly it's based off of the Dublin artifacts. Marc Adkins
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3220 Akron NY Gender:	Re: Celtic Slings ? Reply #5 - Nov 23^rd, 2008 at 4:32pm Pouch is correct. As for the cords, well, it's anyone's guess
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Rockchipper Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 11	Re: Celtic Slings ? Reply #6 - Nov 23^rd, 2008 at 6:06pm thats cool , back to my leather! gotta try it.
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Reply #7 - Nov 23^rd, 2008 at 8:27pm

Thanks for the confirmation. At the SCA A&S Competition I entered last week on my NW European Slings I entered several pouches with diffrent means of attaching the cords.

That is not my Dublin Pouch I snaged it from
http://mikkelf84.livejournal.com/

It's Mikal's Lijejournal page. He's the gent that provided us pics of the Randers Sling.

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slingbadger wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2008 at 4:32pm:

Pouch is correct. As for the cords, well, it's anyone's guess

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