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Logboat
This is one of two logboats discovered in Loch Glashan, but the only one to have been recovered. In 1961 the logboat was lifted out of the water and taken to Glasgow for conservation. The boat is a little smaller than its original size due to the shrinkage which happens when waterlogged wood dries. During the conservation process, as the water evaporates, chemicals penetrate the partly decomposed wood and stabilizes it. However, despite modern conservation methods some splitting and warping of the wood is visible, particularly in the starboard side and the ends. The boat is undated, but was possibly made and used in the first millennium AD.
Object Location:
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
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Associated Date:
Associated Place:
Scotland, Argyll, Loch Glashan (place found)
Material(s):
wood
Size / Weight:
overall: 3060 mm [10 ft 0.5 in] x 860 mm [2 ft 9.9 in] x 780 mm [2 ft 6.7 in]
Accession No:
A.1961.37.a
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My take on such matters, Janis, consists primarily of two realizations: (1) I'm not an archaeologist; and (2) the people making those age determinations are archaeologists. Of course, anything's possible!
As you indicated, the relevant information includes: "The boat is undated, but was possibly made and used in the first millennium AD." Well, since we're dealing with the realm of possibility, it's also possible the logboat was made by university students in 1931 and submerged where someone would be likely to find it 30 years later.
I wish they'd said it dates from remotest antiquity and was made of wood from a species of tree heretofore unknown. Headline: "DID MYSTERY BOAT COME FROM ANOTHER PLANET?" In any case, it looks nice sitting there in the museum!
so,when do we go and steal it?
Let's go steal it on the next odd-numbered Thursday (after this week's). That would be the 21st, Vaso. We'll meet at the museum's entrance at 10:00 a.m.
It's a cumbersome burden, so I'll bring two big guys with me and you do the same. A yellow helicopter will land on the grass in front of the museum, when we're on our way out the door with the boat.
Clever disguises would be helpful: I suggest we wear Viking costumes. (Afterwards, I can shave off this damned beard.) After the helicopter ride (the pilot has his own get-away scheme) the plan is for all six of us thieves to end up at your place and stay there—with the boat—until the whole thing blows over.
You're absolutely welcome, Michael!
I love artifacts and the story behind them, they spur my mind to think like few other things. Thank you for sharing.
You are welcome, Traumkratzer! It pleases me to see you're a philosophical person, circumspect and insightful. I'm glad we hooked up, here at deviantART!