A Revelation!
Oct. 9th, 2006 08:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helwenOkay, it isn't a really big revelation, but...
From Aberystwyth and District Archaeological Society web site:
"The raw materials for making a pot consisted of clay, dug from the ground, and water. Clay extraction inevitably left large holes in the surface, and the potters were supposed to fill them in again to prevent people and animals falling down them. Mediaeval court records are full of cases where potters had neglected their responsibility or where they had excavated clay from forbidden areas such as the King's Highway."
So dangerous holes made in the road by potters are.... _POT_HOLES!!!
From Aberystwyth and District Archaeological Society web site:
"The raw materials for making a pot consisted of clay, dug from the ground, and water. Clay extraction inevitably left large holes in the surface, and the potters were supposed to fill them in again to prevent people and animals falling down them. Mediaeval court records are full of cases where potters had neglected their responsibility or where they had excavated clay from forbidden areas such as the King's Highway."
So dangerous holes made in the road by potters are.... _POT_HOLES!!!
