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man allerede dengang kjendte den udviklede reisverks-
bygning, som sees i vore stavkirker. Derimod viser det
sig her, at vor nu sedvanlige laftbygning var vel kjendt.
Vistnok maatte dette i sig selv synes rimeligt, hvortil
kommer, at denne bygningsmaade i en saga!) omtales
som anvendt i Thorolf Kveldulfssøns hus paa Sandnes,
Men
saadanne enkeltheder i sagaer, der først ere nedskrevne
der blev brændt af kong Harald haarfagre i 877.
flere hundrede aar efter begivenheden, tør ikke ansees
aldeles paalidelige. I alle fald faa vi først ved det her
omhandlede gravkammer sikkert bevis for, at laftning
hos os saa tidlig var i brug.
Med hensyn dernæst til de fundne baade kunne disse
ansees endnu merkeligere end skibet, forsaavidt de vistnok
ere de eneste farkoster af dette slags, der nu kjendes fra
gammel tid. Som ovenfor (s- 38%) bemerket, vare de
trende i tallet, men revne i mange stykker, saa det viste
sig umuligt at sammensætte dem igjen Alligevel kunne
vi ved hjelp af de levnede dele danne os en temmelig
klar forestilling om baadenes væsentlige beskaffenhed, og
herved bliver det, som foran (s. 24) er sagt, dels bestyr-
ket, dels fuldstændiggjort. Ligesom skibet vare de af
ek, uden maling, meget skarpe i begge ender og sammen-
satte af kjøl (pl. V. fig. 8, 12), spanter og bord, de sid-
ste indbyrdes forbundne med klinksøm og fæstede til
spanterne ved hjelp enten af baand eller trænagler. Som
1 skibet træffes ogsaa her tverstykker (pl. IV. fig. 16, 17)
i begge skotter, og hvoraf det ene, i agterenden, lige-
ledes har huller for rortauget. Ogsaa rorene (pl. V.
fig. 2—4) vise væsentlig samme form og indretning som
skibets, dog ere de uden jernring øverst, og kun det ene
(pl. V. fig. 2) ror, som udentvil hørte til den største
baad, havde en jernkrampe nede ved hælen, da det fand-
tes, men som siden er udfalden. Endelig har rormanden
ogsaa her kunnet støtte sig til et tverbræt (pl. V. fig. 10),
hvorhos aarerne havde væsentlig samme form (jfr. på. V.
fig. 1) som i skibet. Selve kjøltræet er fuldstændig tilstede for
den største og mindste baad og viser en længde henholds-
1) Egils a. kap. 22.
Nicolaysen. Langskibet,
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we except the ledge or groove in the sills, scarcely any-
thing can be found either for or against, to decide the
question, whether at that period, the high development of
vertical wood structure, seen in our old churches, the so cal-
led «Stavkirker», was or was not known. But that the hori-
zontal construction of a log-house, called «laftbygning»
was well known, the present instance proves conclusively.
So much might almost in and of itself be deemed probable;
but still further, this construction is mentioned in a Saga’),
as having been applied in Thorolf Kveldulfsson’s house
Such
particulars however found only in Sagas not written
on Sandnes, burned by Harald Haarfagre, 877.
until after the lapse of several centuries from the date
of the event recorded, can hardly he held altogether
trustworthy ; but at all events, we have in the sepulchral
chamber here treated of, the first authentic evidence that
the style named, «laftbygning», was in use at so early
a period.
Relatively then to the boats discovered, they may
be deemed more noteworthy than even the vessel itself,
for so much as they are the only specimens known, of
that kind of craft, of so h’sh antiquity. Their number,
as already stated (conf. pag. 38 Æ) is three, — but they
were broken up into so many fragments, that recon-
struction aided by
those relics, we can form a tolerably clear idea of the
proved impossible. | Nevertheless,
boats’ original form and character, and hereby, as formerly
remarked (pag. 24), will that idea be in some instances
Like the
ship, these boats are oak-built, unpainted, very sharp at
each end, and they consist of a keel (pl. V. fig. 8, 12)
framing and board planking, the last named put together
corroborated, in others rendered complete.
with nails clinched, and attached to the framing by either
cords or trenails. A bulkhead too is found here as in
the ship (pl. IV. fig. 16, 17) at each end, that aft being
provided with holes for the tiller lines. The rudders (pl. V.
fig. 2—4) are also, in all material points, the same in shape
and equipment as that of the vessel; but are without the
iron ring at the top, and only (pl. V. fig 2) one of them, un-
questionably that belonging to the largest boat, had, when
unearthed, an iron cramp at its heel, which, however, has
since smouldered away. Finally, here also the helmsman has
had opportunity to support himself against a screen (pl. V.
fig. 10) The oars, too, are in form (pl. V. fig. 1) like those
of the ship. Of the largest and smallest boats, the keels
are in perfect preservation and hold the respective lengths
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