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Giggleswick Tarn logboat

30 Aug 2022

The centuries-old carved logboat, which dates from the 1300s at Leeds Discovery Centre. The watercraft had lain beneath the soil for more than 500 years before being discovered by Joseph Taylor in 1863 while he was digging some drainage works near Giggleswick Tarn in North Yorkshire.

Giggleswick Tarn logboat: The centuries-old carved logboat, which dates from the 1300s at Leeds Discovery Centre. The watercraft had lain beneath the soil for more than 500 years before being discovered by Joseph Taylor in 1863 while he was digging some drainage works near Giggleswick Tarn in North Yorkshire.
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