Posts Tagged ‘education’

Some Interesting Facts About Archery

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

People have been practicing archery for a minimum of four thousand years, but almost definitely for a great deal longer than that. Sections of composite recurve bows have been discovered dating back to the second millennium BC, but the components that were found were the non-wooden, composite parts, typically of horn.

Barry, South Wales: Ancient History: Part 3

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

In the Twelfth Century, William de Barri owned Barry Castle, but it was attacked and destroyed by Llewellyn Bren in 1316. It is said that the Cavaliers rebuilt it, but that it was subsequently destroyed again by the Roundheads, never to be rebuilt.