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Re: Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets Of Orkney
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As we have seen so far it would seem that the folk on Orkney 'traded' with the Mainland, or at least suggested that cattle and goods were sent across by boat for other reasons.

The skin covered type of boat featured, as wonderful as it was, would not be up to carrying cattle or goods and the increased manpower unless made of sterner stuff and much larger. As it was suggested that there was a great shortage of trees do you think it more likely that traders sailed from the Mainland to Orkney and brought cattle and goods back with them rather than the other way around? I'm assuming they had far more timber there for making more substantial boats but stand to be corrected on that point.
Although the boat featured was brilliant surely that type of construct would be more likely to be used closer to shore for fishing maybe?

What does the team think?


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15th January 2017ce
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