1903] Notes from the Antiquarian Collection. 19 



building. Up on this supposition I will in the following try to date 

 the boat here before us. 



The top-board in this boat being* provided with cleats proves 

 that all the boards have been attaehed to the frames in the same 

 manner — by bindings — and tims shows a closer relationship 

 to the older type of construction than to the ships from the viking- 

 age. I should even think it likely that the inner skeleton exclusively 

 consisted of frames, each made of a single piece of wood, bent so 

 as to lit the section of the boat. The cleats also, being placed in 

 couples and not having been put into incisions in the frames, bear 

 proof of connection with the older type and differ in principle from 

 the younger one. 



On closer inspection we shall discover in many points, each 

 in itself of little importance, but put together of decisive weight, a 

 most striking resemblance between our vessel and the boats from 

 Nydam. In both these cases the cleats have got nearly the same 

 shape, and each of them is provided with only one hole (see fig. 8 



- 11 cm.- - 



Fig. 12. Sketcli of a cleat from the Gokstad-ship. 



above and Nydam Mosefund p. 12); in the Gokstad-ship we see 

 cleats of a very different form, perforated each with two holes 

 (fig. 12 1 ). — The gunnel-list in the boat from Nydam is made of 

 the same piece of wood as the board itself, in the younger boats 

 it is made of special lists, fastened to the edge of the board; in 

 this respect too, we must consequently refer our boat to the older 

 type 2 ). At last we ought to observe the rowlock ; its very primitive 

 form, chiefly determined by the natural shape of the piece of wood 

 chosen for the purpose, its length, and the way in which it has 



J ) Tor the sketch here reproduced, I am indebted to Mr. Gustav Mørk, 

 keeper at the University collection in Kristiania. 



2 ) Between the boards, strips of cloth, as above mentioned, are laid for 

 tightening the boat, resembling the same detail in the Nydam-boats. The viking- 

 ships have always for this purpose strings spun of cattlehair. I will, however, 

 not urge this point, as strips of cloth still in some places are used in this way. 

 Compare Bendixen, 1. c. p. 29. 



