Rick Gaehl5d ago

Just look at this amazing roof structure.
This is Great Coxwell Barn - near Faringdon, in Oxfordshire . It was built in about 1300 to serve the farming interests of a monastery many miles away.
One can only marvel at the woodworking skills of those medieval carpenters, over 700 years ago.
William Morris was so impressed he took most of his visitors to nearby Kelmscott Manor to see it.

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Show threadIan Turton
@RickGaehl There's an old show on Discovery called Barnwood Builders where they disassemble and reassemble barns and log cabins. And watching them rebuild barns like this using cranes and cherry pickers makes you wonder how medieval monks managed it.
Apr 28 at 11:10amWeb
Show threadRick Gaehl5d ago
@ianturton
Wooden scaffolding and a block and tackle, I assume. But I think the monks got craftsmen in to do this sort of thing - it wasn't DIY. 😂
Show threadDouglas4d ago

@RickGaehl @ianturton they had cranes back then, too!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadwheel_crane

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral#/media/File%3ARheinpanorama_1856_detail_Dom.jpg

Treadwheel crane - Wikipedia