GT6172D - Ship's timber

Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon)

1. Two adjoing fragments of hull planking with a treenail, round in section, with square peg driven in from its exterior surface, and two partial treenail holes along its edge. Exterior surfaces: sheathing nail holes, square in section, closely spaced in diagonal or alternating pattern. Wood poorly preserved; cracked longitudinally in direction of its grain. Plus five tiny fragments that have crumbled or broken off this timber.

2. Fragment of ship's timber with knot. No fasteners or other diagnostic features preserved.

3. Frame of ship's timber with treenail, treenail hole, and partial treenail hole preserved along its edge. Nail hole preserved next to treenail.

Plus 27 tiny fragments that have crumbled or broken off these timbers.