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Oct. 11th, 2010 11:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sollersI have just hit a major stumbling block; not writer's block in the usual sense but a practical problem.
Where, in Sussex in the 490s, would Our Hero get bronze from? He could get iron from the old workings, but short of getting the women to melt down their brooches I can't see where he could get enough for what he needs - copper is in North Wales (a long way off and hostile territory) and tin is in Cornwall (also hostile territory).
Where, in Sussex in the 490s, would Our Hero get bronze from? He could get iron from the old workings, but short of getting the women to melt down their brooches I can't see where he could get enough for what he needs - copper is in North Wales (a long way off and hostile territory) and tin is in Cornwall (also hostile territory).
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Date: 2010-10-12 09:56 pm (UTC)Sounds like he needs to intercept trade - if you can work out who else would pay good money for bronze and who might have enough clout to overcome the hostility problems you probably have the person(s) who can be bribed to divert some to your character.
Failing that, an old bronze sword or vessel?
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