Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026(4/8) The figure is thought to be of Roman date and the style of Deal Man and the focus on the head conforms to Celtic artistic tradition, but the simple form may be traced to the pre-Roman European Iron Age. 11593
Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026(5/8) The chamber in which Deal Man was found may possibly have been a shrine. There are parallels with other European discoveries to both to the pit and its chamber and the presence of figurines in pits which have been interpreted as used for rituals. 21582
Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026(6/8) There are examples that Deal Man himself can be compared to, but the discovery of the chalk figurine is very rare. 11532
Rob Fagen @robfagen.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Shrine? So when they exited with Deal Man did their heart bars fill up? <BoTW music>doodley doodley do</BoTW music> 010
