Engineering:Appleby logboat

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Short description: Bronze age logboat
Appleby logboat
MaterialWood
Created1500–1300 BC
DiscoveredRiver Ancholme, North Lincolnshire, England
Present locationNorth Lincolnshire Museum, Scunthorpe, England

The Appleby logboat is a Bronze Age logboat, found during dredging of the old River Acholme near Appleby, North Lincolnshire, England in 1943.[1] It dates to the period 1500–1300 BC.[2] It is one of two prehistoric dug-out boat found in the Ancholme, the other being found near Brigg in 1886.[3] Both of these boats contain evidence of repairs in the form of sewing of lashing techniques: splits in the wood had been repaired using birch (Betula sp.) plants held in place by oak (Quercus sp.) wedges.[4]

The boat is on public display at North Lincolnshire Museum.[5]

Discovery of a one-tree logboat in Brigg in 1886

See also

  • Fiskerton log boat

References

  1. McGrail, S. (1978). Logboats of England and Wales. BAR British Series 51. British Archaeological Reports. pp. 147–149. 
  2. Fraser Sturt; Robert Van-de-Noort (2010). Maritime and Marine Historic Environment Research Framework:The Neolithic and Early Bronze Age (draft) (PDF) (Thesis). English Heritage. p. 29.
  3. "Lincolnshire Museums Information Sheet: Dug-out Boats from Lincolnshire and South Humberside". The Collection. 1979. https://www.thecollectionmuseum.com/assets/downloads/IS_arch_3_dugout_boats_from_lincolnshire.pdf. Retrieved 4 August 2020. 
  4. Sean Mcgrail (2014). Ancient Boats in North-West Europe: The Archaeology of Water Transport to AD 1500. pp. 65–66. 
  5. "North Lincolnshire Museum: What's Here". North Lincolnshire County Council. August 2016. http://humbermuseums.com/museum-north-lincolnshire/north-lincolnshire-museum/. Retrieved 4 August 2020.