PREHISTORIC NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. 



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edging. Over the well-preserved fragments was j^laced a gangway of 

 fir (Fig. 123).' 



The inside of the slup was lined with a layer of moss as if to i)revent 

 direct contact" with the soil of the mound which was to be erected over 

 it ; the prow was filled with large lumps of iron rust. 



The ship appears to have had a length of keel of OG feet (20 meters); 

 the width, from the space between the parallel walls, may be estimated 

 at 16^ feet (5 meters). No traces of mast or sailing arrangement hav- 

 ing l)een discovered, it is surmised that the ship was used exclusively 

 for rowing, with a distance between oars of 3 feet, as suggested by the 

 holes in the top plank. 



(From A. U 



Fig. 123. 



Gangway. 



■ Nyt Skibsfiinii tra Vikingt-tiilen," 1«HM. ) 



During the progress of excavation the following articles were dis- 

 covered : 



(1) A shovel formed tool (Fig. 124). 



(2) Tool of fir (Fig. 125). 



(3) Tool of oak (Fig. 127). 



(4) An oaken board G feet (1.8 meters) long and 4 inches (O.ll meter) 

 wide, with two notches in the middle and two on one end; this piece is 

 roughly hewn and not jilaned. 



Fig. 124. Fig. 125. Fig. 126. Fig. 127. 



Tools Found in Storhaugen Ship. 



(Kn.Mi A. I.oriincp, "Nyt Skibsfund (ra Vikingetiilen," 188H. ) 



(5) A bat of oak (Fig. 126). 



(G) Oar-shaped tool 40 inches long with a short, broad blade. 



(7) Club formed tool cut off at both ends. 



(8) Two round poles 17 feet and 10 feet long and a little over 4 inches 

 diameter. 



' Aarbog, Bergens Museum. 1886, p. 72. 



