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E34 Worked Wood
E34 Worked Wood
E34 Worked Wood

E34 Worked Wood

Datelate 12th-13th Century
Object NameWorked Wood
Mediumwood
ClassificationsArchaeology Excavated
DimensionsOverall (Length x Width x Depth): 188 × 63 × 19mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 163 × 49 × 13mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 92 × 39 × 11mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 79 × 28 × 5mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 64 × 24 × 9mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 126 × 40 × 13mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 118 × 32 × 13mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 101 × 30 × 12mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 83 × 32 × 12mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 72 × 31 × 12mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 63 × 44 × 14mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 50 × 43 × 14mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 44 × 29 × 13mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 44 × 34 × 11mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 45 × 33 × 11mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 34 × 18 × 13mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 243 × 36 × 33mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 133 × 32 × 27mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 109 × 38 × 5mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 103 × 29 × 7mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 103 × 19 × 11mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 100 × 16 × 12mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 84 × 17 × 17mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 63 × 12 × 11mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 57 × 34 × 26mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 66 × 18 × 3mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 58 × 21 × 9mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 55 × 19 × 8mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 248 × 33 × 30mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 229 × 33 × 32mm
Overall (Length x Width x Depth): 119 × 36 × 32mm
AcquisitionTransferred from Historic Scotland.
LocationView by Appointment
Object numberABDMS028400.6
About MeSite number: E34
Site name: Gallowgate Middle School
Small find number: N/A
Context number: 107
Trench number: 2
Feature number: CT
Phase number 2
Sample number: N/A
Lab number: 930248
Catalogue number: N/A ('Aberdeen: An In-depth View of the City's Past')

Bag 1: 5 pieces of worked wood, oak. Lab Report 930248 states they may be architectural.

Bag 2: 11 pieces of worked wood, ash. Lab Report 930248 states they may be architectural.

Bag 3: 12 pieces of worked wood, type was not identified. One piece is a small stick that is burnt at one end. Largest piece is part of a branch that has been stripped of bark, cut and notched at one end with the opposite end more pointed. All other pieces resemble pegs and stakes.

Bag 4: 3 wooden stakes. Lab Report 930248 states two are hazel and the third is poplar. One stake still has some bark still attached and has a 55mm long notch cut out at the top