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French: foyers à 1.250° C

English translation: two furnaces able to reach 1,250 ºC







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French term or phrase:deux foyers à 1.250° C
English translation:two furnaces able to reach 1,250 ºC
Entered by:Sheila Hardie
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Archaeology / fortified town
French term or phrase: foyers à 1.250° C
...une place forte de l'Age du Fer, occupant un méandre de l'Ourthe, affluent de la Meuse, offre 13 hectares de superficie avec des défenses avancées. Elle présente une façade à poteaux (650-450 BC), une porte bastionnée laténienne avec voie ancienne et des remparts brulés. Le barrage, fouillé en aire ouverte sur 50 m, possède encore des parements de plus de 1,50 m de haut; ***deux foyers à 1.250° C*** localisent les tours. Un tronçon de chemin de ronde était recouvert de bois.

I am not sure what they mean by 'deux foyers à 1.250 ºC' here. Any ideas?

Many thanks in advance,


Sheila
Sheila Hardie
Spain
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J S: 9:14am Apr 22, 2005: Hi Sheila, I'm not sure if everyone has the same problem, but I can't read your posting very well. The accented letters are illegible (as, therefore, is what you're looking for : 1.250 what?). Could you try reposting as a comment? Thanks. -
Sheila Hardie (asker): 9:28am Apr 22, 2005: 1.250 degrees Celsius - Sorry - I don't know what's happened to my computer - it does weird things sometimes - Its' foyers a (with a grave accent) and 1.250 degrees Celsius. I hope that helps!
Sheila Hardie (asker): 9:51am Apr 22, 2005: Here's the complete text: - Le Cheslé de Bérisménil, une place forte de l'Age du Fer, occupant un méandre de l'Ourthe, affluent de la Meuse, offre 13 hectares de superficie avec des défenses avancées. C'est la plus vaste de l'Ardenne. Elle présente une façade à poteaux (650-450 BC), une porte bastionnée laténienne avec voie ancienne et des remparts brulés.Le barrage, fouillé en aire ouverte sur 50 m, possède encore des parements de plus de 1,50 m de haut; deux foyers à 1.250° C localisent les tours. Un tronçon de chemin de ronde était recouvert de bois

I hope you can see it now. I've changed the settings on my computer. Fingers crossed!

Many thanks!


Sheila
Christopher RH: 11:36am Apr 22, 2005: Still pretty illegible! It appears your browser's font coding / character set is "Unicode 8" rather than the standard "Western ISO-8859-1". It is usually set in the "view" menu. -
Sheila Hardie (asker): 11:40am Apr 22, 2005: Sorry about that! Is that better now? - Le Cheslé de Bérisménil, une place forte de l'Age du Fer, occupant un méandre de l'Ourthe, affluent de la Meuse, offre 13 hectares de superficie avec des défenses avancées. C'est la plus vaste de l'Ardenne. Elle présente une façade à poteaux (650-450 BC), une porte bastionnée laténienne avec voie ancienne et des remparts brulés.Le barrage, fouillé en aire ouverte sur 50 m, possède encore des parements de plus de 1,50 m de haut; deux foyers à 1.250° C localisent les tours. Un tronçon de chemin de ronde était recouvert de bois.
Christopher RH: 11:44am Apr 22, 2005: For me it's fine now, yes! -
irat56: 11:49am Apr 22, 2005: It is perfect now! And I think I was O.K. when I proposed "Furnace" or "Crucible" able to melt iron ore! Hope it helped you a little!
Pierre -

two furnaces able to reach 1250°C
Explanation:
Could also use "crucibles" but I think they were able to melt iron ore. But it is true we can't read your question properly...
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irat56
France
Note from asker to answerer
Thank you both very much - and sorry about the strange symbols!


Sheila
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4 +1two furnaces able to reach 1250°C
irat56
1appelation d'origine contrôléBourth


  


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
foyers à 1.250 ºC two furnaces able to reach 1250°C

Explanation:
Could also use "crucibles" but I think they were able to melt iron ore. But it is true we can't read your question properly...

irat56
France
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Note from asker to answerer
Thank you both very much - and sorry about the strange symbols!


Sheila

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foyers à 1.250 ºC appelation d'origine contrôlé

Explanation:
Just joking.
I've got the rest:

une place forte de l'Age du Fer, occupant un méandre de l'Ourthe, affluent de la Meuse, offre 13 hectares de superficie avec des défenses avancées. Elle présente une façade à poteaux (650-450 BC), une porte bastionnée laténienne avec voie ancienne et des remparts brulés. Le barrage, fouillé en aire ouverte sur 50 m, possède encore des parements de plus de 1,50 m de haut; ***deux foyers à 1.250° C*** localisent les tours. Un tronçon de chemin de ronde était recouvert de bois.

but what is "° C"?

I take it this is the conclusions of an archeological dig. Could "remparts brûles" suggest that the "foyers" are the remains of a fire that show where the towers were (burnt down)? However, given that there are apparently still 1.5m of woodwork of the town walls (?), presumably in the earth, therefore not burnt, I should have though the same would have applied to the towers and they would have had more than just ash and burnt timbers to go on.

° C might hold the secret.

Bourth
France
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