Trenails
Identifier
ABP-HBM-3.100
Title
Trenails
Date
1700
Description
4 Danish trenails. Asferg, Aarhus, Jutland Frame and Batten Pegs.
This collection includes an ‘oak nail’, carefully pared in order to be driven via a pilot hole through newly cut pine saplings used as thatching poles.
This collection includes an ‘oak nail’, carefully pared in order to be driven via a pilot hole through newly cut pine saplings used as thatching poles.
fair condition
one nail splitting, one broken and head remaining
Contributor
Dr Chris How
Source
Denmark
Type
Wood
Physical Dimensions
250 mm, 125 mm, 100 mm, 60 mm length
Collection
Citation
“Trenails,” Miles Lewis Heritage Building Materials Collection, accessed April 29, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/mlbh_collection/items/show/219.