DOI article:
Lerche, Grith: A Viking harrow down a well
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G. LERCHE
are signs that the upper edges are worn and
therefore more rounded. The boles are of
oak, and sapwood with 20 year-rings was
preserved in the boles’ outer layers. Dimen-
sions in cm are given in fig. 2.
Together with the boles some pegs and
twigs, a piece of cut oakwood, and a worked
wooden peg were brought for conservation.
It was not possible to establish an exact
connection with the harrow-boles, if any.
Description of present state of boles
Bole I (fig. 3) from the left. It is not the
original end piece. The bole is broken
around the tine hole, and part of the tine is
Fig. 1. (Left) Part of the plan of the bottom-layer
of the well in Store Set. Pederstraede in Viborg.
(Right) Profile of the well. Arrows indicate the
situation of the re-used bole-fragments. Meas-
ured by E. Levin Nielsen, here in scale c. 1:40.
(Links)) Der GrundriE der Bodenschicht des
Brunnens in der Store Set. Pederstrzede in Viborg
und (rechts) der Schnitt. Pfeile geben die Lage der
wiederverwendeten Fragmente von Eggenbalken
an.
still in situ (no. If This tine fragment is not
longer than the height of the bole. It retains
its bark-layer. 11.7 cm along from this is the
next drilled tine hole (no. 2) with its tine still
in situ. It is broken off beneath the bole, but
this tine is a good example with a nicely
smoothed and rounded head. The no. 3 is
broken off in its opening and protrudes 2.7
cm above the upper side of the bole, where
the tine is split by a wedge. Tine no. 4 is fully
preserved over its full length. It has a nicely
rounded head above the bole, and protrudes
12 cm underneath. The tine is worn at the
point, which has made the tine more
“round” on the side seen to the right on
fig. 3, and the tine points a little towards the
left. Tine hole no. 5 is empty, and the bole is
a little damaged here on
top. A loose tine-
Bole-
fragment
Length Breadth
Height
Remark
I
120.5 5.5
7
Continued by II
II
22.5 5
5
continues I
III
35.5 6.8
7
Fig. 3 to the left
below
IV
72.5 6.3
7.2
Fig. 3 to the right
below
tine No. 4
20.2 2.7 2.3 in situ in I
tine No. 6
19.8 2.5-1.5; 2-1.6 in situ in I
Figure 2.
fragment was before conservation placed
here, but the markings make it more likely
that it might have protruded like tine no. 3,
in which case it would have the same length
as the other tines as well as the same slight
bend toward the left. Tine hole no. 6 also
contains its original and fully preserved tine
with rounded head, worn tine point, most
worn on the right side, and the tine also
slightly bent towards left. Tine hole no. 7 is
empty, and then comes an uneven break and
the continuing piece of bole (II). There is no
G. LERCHE
are signs that the upper edges are worn and
therefore more rounded. The boles are of
oak, and sapwood with 20 year-rings was
preserved in the boles’ outer layers. Dimen-
sions in cm are given in fig. 2.
Together with the boles some pegs and
twigs, a piece of cut oakwood, and a worked
wooden peg were brought for conservation.
It was not possible to establish an exact
connection with the harrow-boles, if any.
Description of present state of boles
Bole I (fig. 3) from the left. It is not the
original end piece. The bole is broken
around the tine hole, and part of the tine is
Fig. 1. (Left) Part of the plan of the bottom-layer
of the well in Store Set. Pederstraede in Viborg.
(Right) Profile of the well. Arrows indicate the
situation of the re-used bole-fragments. Meas-
ured by E. Levin Nielsen, here in scale c. 1:40.
(Links)) Der GrundriE der Bodenschicht des
Brunnens in der Store Set. Pederstrzede in Viborg
und (rechts) der Schnitt. Pfeile geben die Lage der
wiederverwendeten Fragmente von Eggenbalken
an.
still in situ (no. If This tine fragment is not
longer than the height of the bole. It retains
its bark-layer. 11.7 cm along from this is the
next drilled tine hole (no. 2) with its tine still
in situ. It is broken off beneath the bole, but
this tine is a good example with a nicely
smoothed and rounded head. The no. 3 is
broken off in its opening and protrudes 2.7
cm above the upper side of the bole, where
the tine is split by a wedge. Tine no. 4 is fully
preserved over its full length. It has a nicely
rounded head above the bole, and protrudes
12 cm underneath. The tine is worn at the
point, which has made the tine more
“round” on the side seen to the right on
fig. 3, and the tine points a little towards the
left. Tine hole no. 5 is empty, and the bole is
a little damaged here on
top. A loose tine-
Bole-
fragment
Length Breadth
Height
Remark
I
120.5 5.5
7
Continued by II
II
22.5 5
5
continues I
III
35.5 6.8
7
Fig. 3 to the left
below
IV
72.5 6.3
7.2
Fig. 3 to the right
below
tine No. 4
20.2 2.7 2.3 in situ in I
tine No. 6
19.8 2.5-1.5; 2-1.6 in situ in I
Figure 2.
fragment was before conservation placed
here, but the markings make it more likely
that it might have protruded like tine no. 3,
in which case it would have the same length
as the other tines as well as the same slight
bend toward the left. Tine hole no. 6 also
contains its original and fully preserved tine
with rounded head, worn tine point, most
worn on the right side, and the tine also
slightly bent towards left. Tine hole no. 7 is
empty, and then comes an uneven break and
the continuing piece of bole (II). There is no