'Historic find' is old garden patio

[Khephra]

Experts called in to examine a rocks unearthed during a garden makeover were convinced they had found a unique Viking settlement.
But they were left red-faced after months of excavation work found nothing more than an old garden patio.

Huge slabs uncovered in Marion Garry's garden in Buckhaven, Fife, had experts convinced they had found evidence of an early Viking village.

They were left disappointed when the structure was dated to the 1940s.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3379503.stm

[grannylib]

1. Hee hee! Well nobody's perfect, eh? That's funny...n/t

[no name no slogan]

6. Reminds me of the Kensington Rune Stone

Hey, it could STILL be a viking patio!

After all, if you believe the story of the <a href="http://www.uiowa.edu/~anthro/webcourse/lost/projects97/kenstone.htm">Kensington Rune Stone</a>, Vikings made it all the way to Minnesota in 1362, got killed by "savage natives", and then wrote a stone about it.

Screw the Romans-- everybody KNOWS that patios were invented by the Norse. :D

[Bozola]

2. Dunno...Vikings have been known to build patios

Maybe they were time-traveling Vikings.

[Ready4Change]

3. Holy Cow! Evidence of Vikings from 1940?

That's astounding! Who would have imagined?

[Kellanved]

5. hah

You should watch what happens when a Swedish ferry docks in Germany, especially what happens in the Beer department of the next supermarket shortly after the docking. Wikings, I tell you.

[ret5hd]

4. maybe Marion Garry just thought of a unique way...

to get a lot of unsightly rocks out of their garden.

[GOPisEvil]

7. What a good way to get your garden dug for free.

:think: