A Comparison of the Medieval White Castle Flute with the Chalcolithic Example of Veyreau

@article{Scothern1989ACO,
  title={A Comparison of the Medieval White Castle Flute with the Chalcolithic Example of Veyreau},
  author={Paula Marie Theresa Scothern},
  journal={Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society},
  year={1989},
  volume={55},
  pages={257 - 260}
}
The clearance of White Castle, Gwent, in the late 1920s led to the discovery of an end-blown flute or flageolet in the moat (Megaw 1961). This was a metatarsal of red deer, pierced by five regularly spaced finger-holes, two rear thumb-holes, a sound and suspension-hole (pl. 35 a, b). Its association with medieval pottery suggested a 13th-century date which was supported by its scratch and dot engraving reminiscent of medieval examples from Bornholm and Wartburg (fig. 2). Megaw considered it to… 
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