leg bone of an osprey (faunal bone)
Descriptions
An osprey is a fish-eating eagle, yet this leg bone was found in a rubbish pit associated with an Elizabethan merchant’s house in central Exeter. Could the bird have been kept as a tame bird used for the sport of falconry?
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