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SHIPS TIMBER
Unique ID: MAS-O100026
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Published 
Two fragments of waterlogged wood with two copper fasteners dating from the post-medieval period onwards.
The wood may be the remains of two planks of wood used in the construction of a ship as the planks are secured with one copper fastening and a hole is visible where another fastening may have also been used. Copper rivets are the standard method of fastening the planks to each other in clinker constructed vessels, or in the planks to the ribs or frames (Traditional Maritime Skills website, accessed September 2017). Clinker is a method of constructing the hull of a boat by fixing wooden planks so that the planks overlap along their edges. The overlapping joint is called a land. If the plank is too short for the hull, it would be necessary to extend the plank by joining with another piece of wood. Planks are also known as strakes (rubbing strake for example) so this method is also known as lapstrake. It is a very traditional method of ship construction.
Metallic fastenings followed on from tree nails (also commonly known as trunnels and trennels), which were an older method of securing two planks together using wooden 'nails'.
Class:
TRANSPORT
Sub class: VESSEL COMPONENT
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Submitted as wreck to the Receiver of Wreck
Wreck details
Droit number: 008/17
Chronology
Broad period: NINETEENTH CENTURY
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 28th January 2017
Personal details
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Recorded by: L R
Identified by: L R
Secondary identifier: V L
Other reference numbers
Droit ID: 008/17
Materials and construction
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ6721
Four figure Latitude: 54.57977665
Four figure longitude: -0.96494213
1:25K map: NZ6721
1:10K map: NZ62SE
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Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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