FAIL! Bow Break. Meare Heath Inspired Primitive Flatbow Fails. Bow Camp Part II. The Meare Heath Bow is a the name given to half of a Neolithic yew bow recovered from peat workings in the Somerset Levels, UK, in 1961. It is one of the oldest bows found in the British Isles. The find was half of a wide limbed, flat bellied bow made from yew heartwood and had been decorated or strengthened with sinew and leather bindings. No one knows how the bow came to be broken and in the peat - was it a ceremonial act, or just a broken bow thrown away. We'll never know. But the fragment of bow reveals that Neolithic bowyers knew how to take a fine piece of wood and craft it into a bow. Replicas have been made and the bow performs well - though modern bowyers and archers can see apparent flaws in its design, causing much debate as to whether the preserved section of the bow was part of a ceremonial weapon rather than a one for warfare, protection and hunting. Again, we'll never know.
I work on a bow that is not a replica of the Meare Heath Bow but draws inspiration from that amazing relic dating backs thousands of years.
More information on the original find and reconstruction of a replica Meare Heath bow: www.digitaldigging.net/meare-...
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