PE - Re: Angles large oval wedge?

[Mira (Tanya Guptill)]

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?

It looks to me like it is the earlier form of a bell wedge, with the slit door, ala
Tudor period.  If I'm correct, you see a lot more of these in period than the
so-called French Bells (more common American Civil War, door is different, althoug
there is evidence of the awning/door in Coburg in the mid 1600s).

Mira

Mira

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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.
> >
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