An iron clench nail found near Torksey, Lincolnshire. (c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 2.0
An iron clench nail found near Torksey, Lincolnshire. (c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 2.0

Clench Nail (NLM-2FC690)

An iron clench nail found near Torksey, Lincolnshire

Clench nails were used in clinker-style ship-building from the 7th century to the 15th and also for domestic purposes, in which clench nails might appear where ship timber has been reused. Clinker ship-building involved building the ship’s hull first out of layered planks attached to the keel and held together using clench nails. Clinker-built boats and ships are particularly associated with the Vikings.

Date

circa 850 — 950

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

Private Ownership

Keywords

Anglo-Scandinavian, clench_nail, iron, Lincolnshire, Portable_Antiquities_Scheme, ships, Torksey, Viking, woodworking

Further information

You can see the original at Private Ownership.

This object is related to Torksey, Lincolnshire.
Find out about Torksey, Lincolnshire.

Acknowledgements

(c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 2.0

References

Portable Antiquities Scheme

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