Evidence of rabbits in UK in Roman times

[Still Waters]

Rabbits have been hopping around the UK since Roman times, experts have been able to prove for the first time.

Scientific tests on a rabbit bone, found at Fishbourne Roman Palace in West Sussex, have shown the animal was alive in the first century AD.

The 1.6in (4cm) piece of a tibia bone was found in 1964 but it remained in a box until 2017, when a zooarchaeologist realised that it came from a rabbit.

Academics believe the animal could have been kept as an exotic pet.

Rabbits are native to Spain and France and it had been thought they were introduced to Britain during the medieval period.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47963324

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-04-18/rabbit-bone-found-at-roman-palace-dates-back-to-1ad/

[Piney]

16 minutes ago, Still Waters said:

Rabbits are native to Spain and France and it had been thought they were introduced to Britain during the medieval period.

No, it was always thought the Romans introduced them.

 Boudicca released one to predict a outcome in Tacitus's account.

 

Edited April 18, 2019 by Piney

[hetrodoxly]

2 hours ago, Piney said:

No, it was always thought the Romans introduced them.

 Boudicca released one to predict a outcome in Tacitus's account.

 

I think it was an hare Boudicca released, i thought it was the Normans who introduced the Rabbit into Britain.