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Size of a telephone booth, coffin believed to be 4000 years old and includes an ax well preserved among the remains. The coffin containing the remains of a man and a perfectly preserved ax, were found by chance during work at the golf course of Tetney.

Golfers always try to avoid everything from bunkers, rough and water to other players’ putting lines. In Lincolnshire, the danger was almost an incredibly rare Bronze Age casket the size of a telephone booth.

Historic England revealed details of a remarkable find on Friday as work was underway on a golf pond in July 2018, in warm weather.

The log coffin, which is about 3 meters long by 1 meter, is said to be 4000 years old. Inside are the remains of a man, who was buried with an ax.

Archaeologists have established that the coffin was made by hollowing out an oak trunk. Plants were then used to cushion the body, and a mound of gravel was raised above the grave – practices that were only granted to people of high status in Bronze Age society.

Once the coffin was exposed, there was a race to prevent its rapid deterioration. Fortunately, there were archaeologists in the area.

Dr Hugh Wilmott, Senior Lecturer in European Historical Archeology at the University of Sheffield, said: “Fortunately, when the burial was found, myself and a team of staff and students from the Department of archeology were working on a nearby research and training dig.

“It has been a brilliant learning experience for our students to see what can be achieved in the short term and I am very happy that we were able to help.”

The ax is an extremely rare find, especially because its wooden handle survives as well as its stone head. Photography: Charlotte Graham

The ax is an extremely rare find, especially because its wooden handle survives as well as its stone head. This is just one of 12 known finds in Britain and archaeologists believe it was more of a symbol of authority than a practical tool.

The coffin is one of about 65 known in Great Britain. After a year in cold storage, it was transferred to the York Archaeological Trust, where it continues to undergo preservation work.

Ian Panter, conservation officer at the trust, said his team had expertise in conserving waterlogged finds: “We hope to preserve the ax within 12 months but the coffin, due to its size, will take at least two years to be fully treated. “

Once this operation is completed, the coffin will be transferred to the Collection Museum in Lincoln.

Lindsey Cawrey, executive advisor for culture at Lincolnshire County Council, said it was “such an exciting find” for the county and that she looked forward to seeing it in the museum’s collection.

She added, “The preservation of the ax and handle, and the coffin antlers, is amazing, and we look forward to being able to share the story of the discovery and the results of scientific analysis, with researchers and scientists. visitors to the museum when the finds are held and ready to be sent to Lincoln. We will be able to provide access to these important discoveries to future generations. “

The work to preserve the coffin, to prevent it from collapsing after being exposed to sun and air, was supported by nearly £ 70,000 in grants from Historic England.

The coffin was discovered at Tetney Golf Club near Grimsby. Club owner Mark Casswell said his family farmed there for years before opening the golf course.

“I never imagined there was a whole other world buried under the fields,” he said. “It’s amazing how well preserved the ax is with its handle still there like it was made yesterday. We’ll have a nice photo of it on the wall of the clubhouse.”

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Governor Anne Waiguru called on professionals and investors in Kirinyaga to consider investing in the creation of the proposed golf course in the county.

Speaking at the annual Kirinyaga (Abai) County -2021 Golf Day held on Saturday at the Thika Greens Golf Resort in Murang’a County, the governor said the time for Kirinyaga to have a golf course has come because there are suitable and available courses set aside. for.

Waiguru called the tournament, which was jointly sponsored by the Kirinyaga County Government, Kirinyaga County Golfers and the Kirinyaga Rotary Club, among others, a huge success having attracted 250 professional golfers and over 100 other stakeholders. interested in investing in the project.

She said the event was also an opportunity for the county government to publicize the proposed golf course project among other projects and programs that the county government has implemented towards the realization of the plan. The Mountain Cities 2032 County Development Plan, which is being implemented by various departments.

The proposed golf course is expected to be established on the 250-acre Thigirici land which will also house a sports academy, gymnasium, tennis court, swimming pool, conference rooms as well as an industrial park. The land, which is located in Sagana, was returned to the county after a lengthy legal battle between the county government and a private developer who had been illegally allocated the land.

The governor noted that the land, which is adjacent to the train station, is suitable for a golf course as it has favorable hilly terrain, is close to the Sagana River and is easily accessible via the next Kenol-Makutano- Sagana-Marua. pavement.

She stressed that golf and other sports activities as well as other establishments in the territory will lead to the socio-economic development of the county and will also lead to the appreciation of the land value in the region, for the benefit of the inhabitants.

“The golf course is an important development milestone as it will be the first in the county and therefore will be very marketable,” said the governor, adding that all neighboring counties have golf courses except Kirinyaga, which is now catching up.

During the event, the Governor appealed to the population of Kirinyaga to support the project through professional expertise as well as financial and material contributions. She noted that the golf course will be managed by a council made up of elected officers and members of the county public, with the county government being the boss.

The governor said that through her people-centered government, she has led programs and projects that will have a lasting impact on present and future generations.

She listed many programs and projects that her government has carried out in various development sectors over the past four years. The largest of its heritage projects is the Kerugoya Hospital Medical Complex, which will upgrade Kerugoya Hospital from a level four to a level five hospital, offering high-end medical services for which residents are currently referred to other hospitals.

The 342-bed capacity hospital which is in its final stages of completion will include an intensive care unit, an intensive care unit, a cancer center, a major burn unit and surgical departments, among others. amenities.

Governor Waiguru also presented other projects such as markets, cabro urban development projects and the “Wezesha Kirinyaga” program in which more than 300 farmer groups have been funded to undertake various agricultural value chain projects aiming to increase household income among farmers.

PALESTINE EAST – Village manager Mark McTrustry announced this week that a disc golf course will be set up throughout the city park after recently meeting with a course designer.

McTrustry worked with the park board of directors and Youngstown State Director for the Office of Career and Education Advisors, Justin Edwards, to plan the course. Edwards is involved with the Mahoning Valley Disc Golf Association.

“This park is truly in many ways one of the most optimal terrain on which I have had the opportunity to design”, Edwards said. “It will be a great mix of using the beautiful space, but there will also be some great challenges on the course.”

The water, slopes and hills of the park have benefited the disc golf course. Edwards believes the course has the potential to attract competitive groups, summer camps, and tourists.

“He said he would like it to be tough enough for the league games, but not so hard that it scares the average player,” he said. McTrustry said.

The disc golf course will start near the entrance to the park and consist of 18 holes along the outer edge of the park so that other park activities run smoothly.

Edwards considers disc golf to be a financially accessible sport that is not very accessible. “You can start by knowing how to throw a Frisbee”, Edwards said.

The Mahoning Valley Disc Golf League focuses on working with communities, designing courses and teaching youth, and building leagues and tournaments.

The Youngstown Disc Golf Club is another regional group that focuses more on competition.

Edwards recommends that those with an increased interest in disc golf connect with local groups and use resources such as www.pdga.com. “Start with putters, start with slower, easier to throw discs” Edwards suggested.

McTrustry hopes to increase recreational opportunities in the area.

“We would like to offer one more thing for people to come to Eastern Palestine and take advantage of what we have”, McTrustry said.

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As golfers take to the Meadowbrook Golf Club in Montreal West, an unsightly river flows right next to the greens.

Both untreated sewage and raw sewage fill the stream that winds through the course.

The problem is due to the interconnection pipes in the neighboring cities of Montreal West and Côte Saint-Luc.

Wastewater from homes is supposed to be connected to dedicated sewer lines, but in some cases this does not happen.

“Frustrated, that’s for sure,” André Bélanger, executive director of the Rivières Foundation, told Global News.

Bélanger wants local municipalities to correct the problem at the source.

“Can Côte Saint-Luc and Montreal West take a stand and say, okay, we’ll resolve this within the next three years,” he said.

The mayor of Côte Saint-Luc says that municipal authorities are aware of the problem and that they intend to correct the problem.

Mitchell Brownstein says there are four connecting pipes on people’s homes and five leaking city-owned sewer lines.

“Of course this is a big concern and we will, first of all, fix these cross connections and ask our residents to do the same. Mitchell said.

In an email to Global News, a spokesperson for the city of Montreal writes that the city plans to build a dike for untreated sewage so that raw sewage mixed with runoff is no longer exposed in the river.

But some environmentalists fear the city’s solution will dry up the river.

“There will be no more river. They remove 96 percent of the river’s watershed, ”Louise Legault, of the Friends of Meadowbrook Park, told Global News.

Bélanger wrote to the ministers of municipal affairs and the environment, but no commitments were made to help clean up the environmental mess.

“I feel discouraged by this provincial government,” he said.

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Just days after it emerged that a 4,000-year-old coffin containing a high-ranking individual had been found at a Lincolnshire golf club, two ancient kilns were discovered in Norfolk.

Medieval kilns were found at Caldecott Hall golf course, which just closed.

Tingdene Holiday Parks received a building permit to build 157 static holiday trailers on the site, but a condition of the permission was that development must wait until an archaeological work program has been completed.

The archaeologists therefore dug 21 trenches on the ground and discovered the ovens.

According to a report published by CFA Archeology, the largest furnace was a circular clay structure and likely would have had a domed roof.

“The smaller structure was less than a meter from the large one and was of simpler construction,” he adds, before saying that it could be a second oven or a raised hearth. with an open top that could have held a large pot or cauldron.

Samples taken from inside the kilns found small amounts of charred grain.

The report, posted on the Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s website, states: “Since the grain would have been ground into flour before it got to the bakery, this grain is a bit of a mystery.

“They may have been tossed in the oven to test the temperature or used to keep breads from sticking during baking.”

The grain still provides a clue to the original era of the kiln.

“The profusion of charred oats indicates a medieval (14th century) or later date,” he said.

He says use of the site may have been linked to the growing population of the area at the time and the food pressures that followed.

The area may have been part of the nearby Caldecott Manor House, at a time when “the weather hampered crop yield.”

As a potential fire hazard, bakeries or ovens may have been located some distance from main buildings for safety reasons.

Now we know how the Keizer family works. The team that brought us Bandon Dunes, Sand Valley and Cabot Cliffs need only a couple of things to imagine another golfing paradise: sandy lands and fascinating topography. Much of the rest is left to the architects at the top of their game: Tom Doak, David McLay Kidd, Coore-Crenshaw.

Much more complicated is the most recent Keizer project in Wisconsin – a recreation of the Lido, CB Macdonald’s long-lost legendary and long-lost course by the oceanfront on Long Island in 1914 – is much more complicated.

Using century-old records, Doak and Renaissance Golf were hired to render, as accurately as possible, what was considered by some to be one of the greatest courses on the planet. This means strict routing and little leeway to make the Central Sands of Wisconsin feel like the vast shores of the Atlantic.

“If this were just a beautiful golf course lost in history, I would have no interest in rebuilding it,” said Michael Keizer, son of Bandon Dunes founder Mike Keizer. “But the Lido was really exceptional, so anything we build that isn’t in that upper rung – we can only blame ourselves. So that’s another kind of pressure.

The pressure indeed, especially from the crowd of design enthusiasts who pushed the hype to 11. The Keizers will rely heavily on Peter Flory, a Chicago businessman who has researched the Lido for years, going so far as to create a 3D computer model of the original track. His work was so extensive that he was hired as a consultant historian of the project, an angel on Doak’s shoulder.

The course is slated to open in 2023, and its exclusivity adds to the stratospheric anticipation. The Lido will be a private club associated with the neighboring Sand Valley Resort. Public play will only be permitted on certain days. How many times? It remains to be seen, but it’s a course Keizer wants the world to experience.

“I don’t think golf in this country would exist in its present form,” he said, “if it hadn’t been for this [Macdonald] brought to the game.

To learn more about the Lido, check out its story at thelido.com.

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About 4,000 years ago, an elite Bronze Age man was buried with an ax in a hollowed-out log coffin. Now, archaeologists have announced the discovery of this coffin, which was found in an unexpected location: a golf pond in Lincolnshire County, UK.

The wooden-handled ax and the unique burial indicate that the man was a high-ranking individual. After the man’s contemporaries hollowed out a tree trunk slightly longer than a modern telephone booth, they filled it with plants to cushion his body. Then they buried the remains of the man with the ax and built a mound of gravel over the grave – a practice reserved for elite Bronze Age people, archaeologists said in a statement released last week. .

“The man buried in Tetney [Golf Club] lived in a world very different from ours ”, Tim Allen, an archaeologist from Historic England who participated in the project, said in the statement. “But like ours, it was a changing environment – rising sea levels and coastal flooding eventually covered his grave and burial mound with a deep layer of silt which aided in its preservation.”

Related: Photos: Bronze Age burial ground with headless toads

Archaeologists were stunned by the rare find, which they rushed to keep in July 2019, after Tetney Golf Club reported the accidental find during maintenance work on the course. After securing a grant of nearly $ 97,000 (70,000 pounds) from Historic England, an English history preservation organization, archaeologists have devoted hundreds of hours to the study and conservation of ancient remains , which they hope to exhibit at the Collection Museum in Lincolnshire within a year or two.

Conservation of the artifacts was difficult as they were discovered during a heat wave; archaeologists had to ensure that the delicate coffin and its contents did not collapse after being exposed to air and sunlight.

“Bronze Age log coffins are rare, and their survival after their discovery is even rarer,” Allen said, noting that British archaeologists have only documented about 65 log coffin burials from the bronze age. “Once the wet wood came out of the ground, it didn’t take long to react.

The remains were placed and studied in a cold store for a year, then transferred to the York Archaeological Trust, an educational and archaeological charity in the UK, where preservation work began.

“Organic matter was preserved in humid, airless conditions in the hollowed-out tree trunk,” project leader Hugh Willmott, archaeologist at the University of Sheffield, said in the statement. Some of the organic matter – the needle-shaped leaves of yew or juniper – “can tell us what plants were chosen to cushion the body and even what time of year this man was. been buried, ”he said.

According to a skeletal analysis, the man was around 1.75 meters (5 feet 9 inches), an impressive height for an individual in the Bronze Age. The man died in his late thirties or early forties and probably had osteoarthritis, probably “heavy work rather than old age”, Willmott told the New York Times.

The well-preserved stone-bladed ax from the burial – one of only 12 known in Britain – was probably more symbolic than functional, and may have served as a mark of authority, archaeologists said in the communicated. Additionally, the 10ft long (3m) by 3ft wide (1m) log coffin was from a single, fast growing oak tree that was split lengthwise and then cut up. Part of a wooden lid that covered the coffin has survived, archaeologists added.

The golf club coffin site is now protected as a Listed Monument, meaning it is a recognized archaeological site of national significance in the UK.

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Lake Charles City Council members voted unanimously on Wednesday to complete the transfer of the Mallard Cove golf course to Chennault International Airport.

With this step, Chennault can now use the more than 100 acres of land once occupied by golf for economic development opportunities. Chennault officials have spoken in recent years of efforts to strengthen the airport’s cargo handling capabilities.

City administrator John Cardone said the transfer from Mallard Cove to Chennault was a huge plus for the airport.

“We want to see (Chennault) expand,” he said. “We support economic diversity, (and) it’s another part of the development not only of Lake Charles, but of southwest Louisiana.”

Several years ago, Chennault approached the city to develop ownership of the Mallard Cove golf course, which the city owned. In exchange for the city ceding Mallard Cove to Chennault, Chennault agreed to build another golf course in the city of equal or better quality.

The agreement calls for Chennault to pay $ 6.6 million to finance the design and construction of the new course. Chennault will also pay the city $ 15,000 per month for 20 years, or $ 3.6 million, to cover the costs of utility extensions and construction of the clubhouse.

Council members also authorized Mayor Nic Hunter to modify the existing cooperation agreement with Chennault in order to transfer the city’s insurance proceeds to Chennault. Cardone said this allows Chennault to repair the interior of the existing Mallard Cove clubhouse, which was damaged by Hurricane Laura last year. The city used part of the insurance proceeds for mitigation work, installing a new roof, and repairing the exterior of the pavilion, but did not perform any interior repairs.

“We thought it didn’t matter to us,” he said. “We want to let Chennault renovate it the way they thought it would be best for them. This allows us to give them those excess insurance products and let them do the work at the clubhouse. “

Meanwhile, Cardone said the new municipal golf course off East McNeese Street at MorganField is “100% complete” and could have a smooth opening by the first or second week of October, a Cardone said. The Mallard Golf Club project, located on 160 acres of land donated by MorganField Development, was inaugurated in 2018.

“We are delighted with this and what it brings to the community,” he said.

Last month, the city received offers for the clubhouse for the new golf course, but they went over budget and were rejected, Cardone said. He said this was likely due to the high cost of materials, as well as a shortage of labor and contractors.

The city will advertise the clubhouse offerings again later this year or early next year, Cardone said.

City Council voted in March for Sterling Golf Inc. to operate the new Mallard Golf Club at MorganField, Sterling Golf operates various golf courses in Texas.

Take Waterfalling Estate on the Big Island of Hawaii owned by Newport Beach, Calif. Based attorney Scott Ferrell, 49, and his 42-year-old wife Erin Ferrell, both passionate about it. Six years ago, they were considering buying a mountain home when they stumbled across a listing for this luxury property with an unlikely assortment of amenities: a racetrack, a helipad, a two-person slide. floors into an Olympic size swimming pool from the master bedroom and its own nine hole golf course, with seven par-3 and two par-4 holes.

“There was everything a 10-year-old boy could want – the wonder and scale of it was like tripping over the Hope Diamond,” Mr. Ferrell recalled. The estate, he said, had been built on the instructions of an industrialist who wanted to create a place his grandchildren would enjoy; it ended up in foreclosure after cost overruns. According to public records, Mr. Ferrell bought it for $ 6.8 million.

Mr. Ferrell often finds his two golfing brothers on the course, and he relishes the relaxed freedom of owning the greens. “If you want to play the fourth hole twice in a row?” Just do that, ”he said. “There is never anyone behind you, or in front of you, or rushing you in any way. It is quite special.

He has also praised the resort on several occasions, he said, including to Justin Bieber and CBS Television, who used it as a backdrop for the current season of the dating contest show “Love. Island. ” Reluctantly, however, Mr. Ferrell decided to sell, listing him with brokerage firm Hawai’i Life for $ 9.95 million.

Like the Makowski family, however, he is simply swapping one private golf course for another, or at least planning one. The log cabin he bought for his family – he and his wife have two young children – sits directly on the Gallatin River in Big Sky, MT, with extensive undeveloped land. “As recently as this morning we were discussing whether we should also organize our own private nine-tee course,” he said.

The Fort St. John area may receive a second disc golf course in the near future, and the only 18-hole course nearby.

BC Parks approached FSJ Disc Sports Club members earlier in the year about the design of a disc golf course at Charlie Lake Provincial Park, in order to attract people to the park for reasons other than simple camping.

“At the moment we only have the nine hole course which is great. It is very accessible and suitable for beginners, but those of us who have been playing for a long time would also like some variety. regular golf, you might have your favorite course, but there are always options to go and discover another, ”said Tim Atchison, one of the club’s board members who helped design the course.

“We’re looking at clubs in other cities, like Grande Prairie, they’ve just developed their third 18-hole course and have hosted the provincials from Alberta with people coming from all over. We would love to have something like that here too. “said Atchison.

Atchison and others went for a hike in the woods to see what holes could be created with minimal impact on existing trees, foliage, and wildlife.

“It’s pretty thick in there, so you’re looking for those natural pathways and spaces in the forest. We have mapped out the course so far and are awaiting final approval from BC Parks. Then it would be time, a sprint to work before you have snow here, ”said Atchison.

The layout of the proposed Charlie Lake disc golf course, as seen on the UDisc mobile app.

The course will not have baskets to begin with but instead will have sonic targets – wooden poles with hollowed out fire extinguishers attached – that chime when the target is hit.

“It’s an inexpensive way to set up a course and test it,” Atchison said.

Atchison said BC Parks is using the course as a pilot project and that this is the first time that a disc golf course will be built at a provincial park in British Columbia.

The club is currently in the process of building a roster of volunteers to help with the course once construction begins.

“Hopefully this becomes a destination next to the campground,” Atchison said.

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