GT6172E - Ship's timber

Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon)

Eight fragments of hull planking (probably all from same timber), plus 75 tiny fragments that have crumbled or broken off the larger fragments. Wood poorly preserved and is warped.

1-3. Adjoining fragments are end of a flat scarf of hull plank which is nailed onto the joining scarf end, perpendicular to the planking's thickness (tip was nailed down, this indicates a bottom-based construction method; otherwise it would nailed into one of the underlying frames). Nail is square in section. Timber has two treenails, round in section, that are pegged, pegs square in section, on its exterior surface. Exterior surfaces: sheathing nail holes, square in section, closely spaced in diagonal or alternating pattern.

4-6. Adjoining fragments of hull planking with one pegged treenail and two partial treenail holes along its edges. Exterior surfaces: sheathing nail holes, square in section, closely spaced in diagonal or alternating pattern.

7. Fragment of corner of hull plank.

8. Fragment of hull planking with pegged treenail and two partial treenail holes along its edge. Exterior surfaces: sheathing nail holes, square in section, closely spaced in diagonal or alternating pattern.