ANCIENT artefacts that were possibly used during a full-scale Roman invasion are about to go under the hammer in North Yorkshire.
The heavy stone anchors could well have been used during the second invasion of Anglesey, North Wales under the leadership of Suetonius Paulinus, a first century AD Roman commander and governor of Great Britain
And they will be auctioned at Tennants Auctioneers in Leyburn as part of their fine art sale on November 13 and 14.
Dated around 77AD, the complete Roman anchor pattern, carboniferous conglomerate, comprises of a ring anchorweighing some 46kg and two small line anchors weighing around 20kg.
They were retrieved by an oceanographer diving in the Menai Straits and would have been strung as one across the safest places to cross in the straits using hemp rope – enabling a surprise attack on unsuspecting Druids in an attempt to subdue the tribes of modern Wales.
The history behind the anchors – and their surviv al for so long – is expected to drive the price up to the £700 area.
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