GT98A - Ship's timber
Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon)
Two large adjoining fragments of sacrificial planking (air-dried). Iron corrosion on exterior face of iron sheathing nail heads, head impressions on surface, closeley spaced (0.040-0.070 centre-to-centre distance), in diagonal or alternating pattern. Nail shafts of sheathing nails, square in section. Interior covered by goat hair. Sawmarks visible on interior surface. 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.
(Sample in MAC-079, T. 08).
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 2
Material Ship's timber
Museum Reference
Registration Number 98
ID 9505
Status Commonwealth
