The Viking Building at Cranborne |
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Volunteers, students and staff have embarked on an ambitious project to build a working reconstruction of a Viking longhouse at The Ancient Technology Centre in Dorset. Following in the footsteps of other timber framing projects at the centre, the intention is to complete the build by Christmas 2008. This project seeks to combine financial support from private and public donors with a volunteer and student workforce to produce a unique residential facility for schools and other educational groups. |
Aug 08
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August saw the completion of the ridge members. Each of these 7m chestnut lengths are lifted into place and locate into the kingposts with mortice and tenon joints. The finished curve mimicks the “Hogback” shape that is representative of buildings of this type. The building frame looks like the bones of some beached prehistoric creature! |
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 ... and fixed |
 And the first ridge is up |
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 Higher... |
 The curve shows nicely on the roof |
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 Proper axes |
 The team |
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 and its pair |
 Just beautiful |
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 Shingle making |
 Birdsmouth in place |
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