Quintain, Offham
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Quintain, Offham
Image: © N Chadwick Taken: 18 Jan 2021
Believed to be the last remaining example in the country. The quintain is a wooden post around eight feet in height with a freely rotating arm on the top. One end of the arm is flat (the "eye"), with the other used to attach heavy objects such as a leather pack. In a sport dating back to possibly Roman times, a horseman would ride at the quintain at full pace with his lance extended to strike the flat end. Should he not be riding sufficiently quickly, the arm would swing around and the heavy object knock him off his horse. Grade II listed and scheduled.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.290449
Longitude
0.375412