Handgonne from Otepaa. Estonia

Spiridonov · 23rd January 2012, 06:22 PM

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/co...nne_700kW.html

cannonmn · 23rd January 2012, 07:35 PM

Thanks, I watched most of the video, containing only a few seconds showing the excavated material at around the 5 minute mark. I'd certainly like to see much more detail of the fragments found. I think one could assemble them in such a fashion as to make what resembles a stopcock, or arrange them a bit differently to resemble a gate latch, or a waterspout for a fountain.

Paddy T. · 29th July 2018, 10:36 PM

There are new informations about the excarvations in Otepää since a few years. In fact the terminus ante quem of 1396 can´t be sustained any longer. Finds of coins and pottery suggest a decline of the castle in the first half of the 15th century, so the gun maybe dates within this period, too.

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cannonmn Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 161	Thanks, I watched most of the video, containing only a few seconds showing the excavated material at around the 5 minute mark. I'd certainly like to see much more detail of the fragments found. I think one could assemble them in such a fashion as to make what resembles a stopcock, or arrange them a bit differently to resemble a gate latch, or a waterspout for a fountain.

29th July 2018, 10:36 PM	#3
Paddy T. Member Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Germany Posts: 13	There are new informations about the excarvations in Otepää since a few years. In fact the terminus ante quem of 1396 can´t be sustained any longer. Finds of coins and pottery suggest a decline of the castle in the first half of the 15th century, so the gun maybe dates within this period, too.