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Rockchipper Tiro Slinging Rocks! Posts: 11	Celtic Slings ? Nov 21^st, 2008, 11:18pm Did the celts use slings ? and is there any evidence ?
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Re: Celtic Slings ?
Reply #1 - Nov 22^nd, 2008, 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&d q=iron+age++sling&source=web&ots=G9ePhiKkT5&sig=iQIQGwZVzRJv6QMHUO0pD0ReGTc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result

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

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Re: Celtic Slings ?
Reply #2 - Nov 22^nd, 2008, 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 Slinging Rocks! Posts: 11	Re: Celtic Slings ? Reply #3 - Nov 22^nd, 2008, 9:22am cool outfit ,thanks for the info. that is what i was looking for
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winkleried Interfector Viris Spurii Posts: 1510 Gender:	Re: Celtic Slings ? Reply #4 - Nov 23^rd, 2008, 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 Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 2573 Gender:	Re: Celtic Slings ? Reply #5 - Nov 23^rd, 2008, 4:32pm Pouch is correct. As for the cords, well, it's anyone's guess
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Rockchipper Tiro Slinging Rocks! Posts: 11	Re: Celtic Slings ? Reply #6 - Nov 23^rd, 2008, 6:06pm thats cool , back to my leather! gotta try it.
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Re: Celtic Slings ?
Reply #7 - Nov 23^rd, 2008, 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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Pouch is correct. As for the cords, well, it's anyone's guess

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