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 PALISADES & FENCES: 
DIMENSIONS AND FINISHES

BY
 ERIC KRAUSE

MARCH 12, 1985

(Fortress of Louisbourg
Report H F 25 1985 01)

1968

APPENDIX  A

A preliminary search indicates that the following minutes include specific discussions of palisades and fences, with respect to construction, dimensions, and finishes.

SUMMARY OF MINUTE 
DISCUSSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

1.   8 April 1968 - Kings Bastion - Interior Place of Arms, etc.

- 4-6" diameter posts

- 10" O/C with ribband on the inside face

2.  15 May 1968 - King's Bastion - Interior Place of Arms, etc.

- historical evidence in memorandum dated 30 April 1968

- ribbon height 15" below earth embankment

3.  24 May 1968 (Addendum) - King's Bastion - Interior Place of Arms

- design of palisade shall be based on Mr. Bureau's findings

- palisades not to be taken down to 3 pieds depth since they would have rested on the terreplein

- spacing between adjacent palisades to be worked out later

- triangle-shaped ribbons to be made out of "square" timber, hewn on the four sides and sawn diagonally

4.   12 December 1968 - King's Bastion - Interior Place of Arms

- spruce

- debarked

- treated with a preservative

- 6' 11' in length

- 4 1/4" - 6 3/8" in diameter

- pointed at one end: point to run approximately 1' - 0"

- 8 O/C (which will provide a separation of 2" or more from each other)

- triangular ribbon:

- made from a 5 1/4" square piece of lumber 9' 4" in length

- hand-hewn on 4 sides

- cut diagonally to form the required triangular prism

- located 3" below the top of the wall elevation with

- point of triangle jutting up

- flat side embedded 1 1/8" into the palisade

- one nail through each palisade

- space blocker:

- 6" x 6" anchored to the wall at approximately 9' 4" intervals

- palisades embedded into the banquette to terreplein level

- palisades protrude approximately 12" above the crest of the glacis

- palisade built in sections, with a scarf joint and nailed to the space blocks

5.  23 December 1968 - King's Bastion - Interior Place of Arms

- palisades pointed by hand, with an axe, for a rough hand-hewn appearance

- separation between palisades: 2 inches minimum, 3 inches maximum

- section length of ribband: 15 pieds (16' 0") minimum

- hand made 6" long nails for attaching the ribband to the palisades

- hand-cut check for embedding the ribband in the palisade, resulting in a rounded or scooped appearance rather than a square, chiselled effect

- 9" of the tapered end of the palisades should protrude above the crest of the glacis