Llangorse Crannog by Lane Alan;Redknap Mark;

Author:Lane, Alan;Redknap, Mark;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Publisher: Oxbow Books, Limited
Published: 2020-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

13.3. EARLY MEDIEVAL WOODEN OBJECTS

by Mark Redknap

The small number of wooden objects recovered reflects the short occupancy of the site, as well as its nature and the consequences of a range of other factors. These include the extent of the erosion of the top of the stone platform, the lack of identifiable midden deposits in deep water, beyond the interference of feet and boats, the severity of the destruction of the crannog in AD 916 and the limited scale of the excavations. In the absence of ceramic vessels, it is assumed that wooden containers and other items would have been in common use on the site during its twenty-five years of occupancy. Some of these may lie preserved in unexcavated waterlogged deposits on and around the site.

Roughly cut peg fragments – mostly tapering shafts and blunt points – are treated under ‘structural timber’.

Where possible, cross-sections have been drawn to indicate the conversion of the wood.

1594. Twisted withy. (Fig. 13.3.1)

Description: two-strand rope ‘withy’ (wood rope) made of lengths of split roundwood 4–6mm in diameter, twisted together. Although in poor condition, it retained a slight curvature, and had a diameter of 7mm. Softwood (perhaps hazel, but further identification not possible).

Dimensions: surviving L. 83mm; max, D. 7mm.

Context: Trench A (1990), US.

Fig. 13.3.1 Early medieval worked wood from Llangorse crannog: withy 1594 and knee 2002.

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