PE - Re: Angles large oval wedge?

[Cherie Nolan]

This is a french bell I had heard it call Angles large tent but not sure of where it came from. Tanya do you know of this name. It really sounds like a french bell.
Marguerite





Stephen Wyley wrote:
> 
> Hi Wendy,
> 
> I am yet to come across such a tent as you describe.
> 
> Can you quote your reference for this Angles large oval wedge?
> 
> ---
> Bye for now,
> 
> Sven
> (Stephen Francis Wyley)
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> On 2 Oct 00 08:56:11 CDT   Wendy Freeman/Otte wrote:
> >The Angles had a one-person-to-raise tent - it was a large oval wedge with a
> >slit door in the center of the long side.  You peg all of the sides down
> >first, then take the two poles into the tent, and raise the roof, one pole at
> >a time.  No ropes - all based on tension.  Very few seams, so good for a rainy
> >climate.
> >
> >One problem - I think its timeperiod of use was 700-900AD, maybe earlier.
> >
> >--Lady Wyllow of the Loch
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