In the Viking timber yard, large logs were split from the root end. Small wedges first opened a line, then larger wedges and mallet blows drove the split deeper, and the wood followed its natural grain as it opened.
Charcoal illustration by Selim Rumi Civralı.
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Civralı, S. R. (2026, March 18). Splitting at the Timber Yard: Viking Ship Construction 16. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21647/splitting-at-the-timber-yard/
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