Just imagine what wonders might be at the top of those stairs…
These hewn pine logs are magnificent…. the skill and workmanship necessary to be able to create precise dimensional timbers like this is very rare. I imagine that there are spikes driven down through each row of logs keeping this structure bound together.
This barn has a cantilevered roof that keeps water completely away from the structure… without it, ran would find it’s way into the spaces in between the logs and then it would rot out in a few short years. But, with a good roof in place, this structure will last for centuries.
Originally posted 2015-12-04 15:28:24.
Very nice.
Interesting about the spikes.
I saw an old hewn barn once that had finally blown down (close to the coast). I stopped to see if there was any good beams and timber left.
There were a few ships knees still attached to posts. The builder used iron drift pins to secure the knees to the posts (ship builders were all over the coast of Maine)..
I commenced to try to pull and pry the knee off of the post (which was rotted on the bottom),
No way was it coming apart. You could not budge it.
Nails, and spikes,…are SO powerful… always unappreciated by most people until they need to be removed!