GT6174 - Ship's timber

Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon)

Fragment of sacrificial planking. Poorly preserved and fragile. Exterior surface concreted with iron corrosion product. Holes from sheathing nail preserved, closely spaced in diagonal or alternating pattern, holes square in section. Rounded nail head impressions on exterior surface. It also has poorly preserved mechanical saw marks on its interior surface (on narrower preserved) end. This plank was sawn by a wind-driven sawing mill. The sawmarks are very straight and regular, run perpendicular to the length of the timber.