Wood types for Viking Artefacts

Viking to Crusader

Item # Wood Type Date Description
2 Oak 11th C Ship’s prow
4 oak 10th C ship bits
5 pine 800-850 2 oars
6 oak 1050-1100 ship’s planks
7 aspen 16th C ship’s planks
7 spruce 16th C stem, stern, prow
8   850-900 block and cover for oar hole
9   1050-1100 bailer
10 pine 800-850 ship floor board
13   1100-1125 toy boat
14   1075-1100 toy horse
18 yew 1000-1050 walking stick
19 maple 1050 walking stick
20 oak 979 bridge piles
21   11th C skiis
22 pine 12th C ski
23 pine 1170 skiis
40 pine 1100 church moulding
42 pine 13th C bench end
59 ash post 734 bucket (stave built) - osier hoops are joined with a willow catch
59 elm post 734 bowl
59 ash post 734 dough trough
60 deciduous 9th -10th C bowl
61   1200 knife handle
61 birch 1000-1050 ladle
66 oak 9th-11th C 2 oven rakes
69 beech 1000-1050 key
70 birch 11th C Stool (top)
73 hardwood 9th-11th C toy boat
81 oak 734 conical well & ladder
82 oak 700-750 wall planks
83 oak post 734 spade and pitchfork
88 birch 800-1000 arrow shaft
95 oak 1000 chest
96 maple,ash 10th C bowl and lathe cores
127 birch 8th C lathe turned bucket covered in bronze - narrow at bottom
131 yew 750-800 reliquary
159 yew 800-850 17 stave bucket, 2 piece base, 5 brass hoops (2 top, 1 middle, 2 bottom) narrow at bottom
160 pine 800-850 10 stave bucket - wide at bottom, 1 piece bottom
161 oak 800-850 6 plank chest with lid
162 beech 800-850 bed
163 beech 800-850 chair
164 oak 800-850 chest
165 beech 800-850 weaving frame
166 lime? 800-850 animal head posts
167 oak 850-900 2 bed planks
258 yew 11th C rune stick
259 yew 11th C dragon’s head
269   8-10th C wood knife handles
272 burr? 8th C bowl
277   10th C figure (god?)
278 spruce 9th C rune stick
279   8-9th C 2 toy swords and toy horse
289   11th C chair?
315 willow   toyboat
315 fir   toy horse
317 alder 10th C bowl
317 larch 10th C spoon
318 spruce 10th C tally stick
321 oak 10th C game board
322 juniper 10th C bundle of branches
339 pine 1000 rune stick
360   10th C wood from ship (800 pieces)
377 boxwood 10-11th C pan pipes
378 maple 10th C spinning top
380 yew, alder 10-11th C cup (yew), bowl (alder)
389   10th C stool
398   11th C crook or finial (heavily carved)
408 ivy/holly? 11th C amulets
419 maple 1000-1050 pen case lid
440 oak 1140s 3 wall planks
441 pine 1130-1160 portal of a church
442 pine 1200 portal of a church
443 pine 1200 lion figure
453 pine 1200 font
454 pine 11th C wall panels
455 oak 12th C plank
457 birch 1150-1200 chair
458 pine 1200 chest
459   1200 bench ends
460 oak 1100 cross
461 aspen, beech 12th C madonna
462 lime 12th C madonna
463 willow 1160 crucifix
464 broad lime 12th C crucifix
465 birch 12th C saint’s head
466 oak 1120-1230 relief
467 oak 1150 alter
469   12th C reliquary
471   1180-1185 shrine
476   12th C cross
489   11th C reliquary cross
501   12th C tally stick
502   1200 rune stick
503   11th C rune stick
504   1125-1175 writing tablet
506   1220 rune stick
517 birch 12-13th C document box
559 beech 11th C timbers from sea blockade
561 maple, beech 1000-1050 chair
562 beech 1050 childs chair
563 pine 11th C plank
564   1100-1150 plank
565   11th C chair arm
566 oak,ash 12th C cradle
567   1100 bowl
568   10th C hook
569   1075-1150 spoon
571 birch bark 1025-1075 lid
572   1100-1150 game board
579   1175-1225 carved stick
580 juniper 1100 carved game peg
581 box 12th C calendar stave
617 willow 12th C virgin



Viking Artifacts - A select catalog

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