Bjorke boat
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The Björke boat (also called Gävle boat or Hille boat) is an Iron Age find made in 1947 from a silted lake near Hille, on the east coast of Sweden , in the province of Gästrikland . It is dated to the Germanic Iron Age (320 AD). From this time comparable boats from the Slusegård burial ground on Bornholm are known.
In terms of development, it is a partial improvement over the Hjortspringboot . It is a so-called set-side boat at the beginning of the plank boat building (brick construction) and the use of iron rivets .
The only remaining remnants, once over seven meters long and about 1.25 meters wide lime wood boat comes from the Einbaumtradition and has only ever a pine plank . Six frames made of naturally curved spruce are attached to cleats made from solid willow rods and give the boat its shape. A large stone ball was found in the center of the intentionally sunk boat, which, like other ship finds, represents a victim .
Laced hulls are also known from the British Isles and the Mediterranean ; however, no overlapping planks were used there, so that this construction method can be viewed as a Nordic development.
The boat is now in the County Museum of Gävle , which Björke belongs to.