DARK AGE BOATS This is the web site for building and learning and playing with the history of Boats and Ships from about 300 AD to 1089.

We are going to look at Iron Age and Bronze Age Boats too. Starting with the Hjortspring Boat and an achievable scale replica http://www.dark-age-boats.co.uk/HJORTSPRINGREPLICA.htm Look at the original first http://home6.inet.tele.dk/hjortspr/ Nice isn’t it? Shall we build one? Tell me shipyard@dark-age-boats.co.uk Have a look at our discussion groups Cerdingas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cerdingas Celtic Seas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_Celtic_Seas/ Page 2 Ports and Havens Page 3 Books Page 4 Links Page 5 Boat Building Project Page 6 My plastic Faering

The Languages used in the seas around Britain in the Dark Ages were probably Frisian, Old Welsh and a Gallic form of Latin . We hope to research this soon. The build of a replica Dark Age Boat begins http://www.dark-age-boats.co.uk/instant-DA-%20boat.htm Comment to info@dark-age-boats.co.uk Re-enactment THE PICTAE Page 7 Sustainable boating Sustainable camping and living history Page 8 Page 9BOATS IN ROMAN BRITAIN Link to openboat ads Dark Age gear store