And in the latest "Archaeology matters" from the Museum of London there is
a brief description of the work on the Bermondsey Tanneries by Frank
Meddens (Pre-Construct Archaeology) which includes the following
description of the use of bones/horn in buildings:
"Cattle horns were often used to line pits or drains, and the Tabard Square
site has produced an early 17th-century path surface or floor made of horse
and cattle long bones. Both here nad at 8 Tyers Gate have been found
fragments of decorative floor mosaics made from sheep metapodials"
Liz Somerville
Liz Somerville,
School of Life Sciences,
University of Sussex,
Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QG
Phone - 01273 877460 (internal 7460)
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