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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 3180715, member: 93416&quot;]Here is a parallel story (from the 1920&#039;s I think)</p><p><br /></p><p>At the bottom of the page linked next is a photo of a huge lead ingot - (with a lovely Tudor Rose mark - see base of 2nd link)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jun/01/rievaulx-abbey-riches-from-dissolution-come-to-light-in-new-museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jun/01/rievaulx-abbey-riches-from-dissolution-come-to-light-in-new-museum" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jun/01/rievaulx-abbey-riches-from-dissolution-come-to-light-in-new-museum</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/eleven-relics-of-medieval-england-at-rievaulx-abbey/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/eleven-relics-of-medieval-england-at-rievaulx-abbey/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/eleven-relics-of-medieval-england-at-rievaulx-abbey/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of a number of such ingots that were dug up at Rievaulx.&nbsp; One would guess that the contractors who stripped the abbey roof for Henry VIII stole and hid a few for personal profit, but never retrieved them&nbsp; (I think they weighed half a ton each).</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhow - when they were dug up, church authorities thought it a good idea to reclaim most of them, and then melt them to use in restoration work.&nbsp; Nobody seems to mention this fact on the web - so I guess I am not alone these days in thinking this was not such a brilliant idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom line I see - in the nails and these ingots - is that only a small proportion of society genuinely love ancient things and seek to preserve them. </p><p><br /></p><p>This worked out quite well within the traditional world dominated by amateur enthusiasts - since the right sort of people tended to self select. </p><p><br /></p><p>In a world where professionally driven people increasingly take charge - perhaps not so much?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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