GT6173 - Ship's timber

Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon)

Fragment of hull planking with bolt hole and sheathing nail holes on its exterior. This fragment is from a scarf end, and has a nail hole, square in section, from an iron nail running laterally to fasten it to the scarf end of the adjacent plank. Nail head impression from the nail on one end. Exterior surface: sheathing nail holes preserved, square in section, closely spaced in diagonal or alternating pattern (0.042-0.047 centre-to-centre distance). Bolt head impression on exterior surface. Poorly preserved.