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Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada
Recherche sur la Forteresse-de-Louisbourg Lieu historique national du Canada
PALISADES & FENCES:
DIMENSIONS AND FINISHES
BY
ERIC KRAUSE
MARCH 12, 1985
(Fortress
of Louisbourg
Report H F 25 1985 01)
APPENDIX B
1971
3. 5 May 1971 - Missing
[extracted from the Structural Design Team database - Nov. 20, 2001:
Dauphin Demi-Bastion Outer Defensive Works Palisade Ribband and Ribband for King's-Queen's Bastion Outer Defensive Works
1. Dauphin Demi-Bastion palisade ribband:
- To cut the ribband out of a 4 pouces x 4 pouces piece of wood (spruce) band sawn diagonally and nailed in place in a staggered manner.
- The joint to be wood pegged (1/2" hardwood dowels)
- all joints to be scarfed, palisade to be squarely notched in to receive the ribband.
2. The ribband on the King's-Queen's Outer Defensive Works:
- to be of a rectangular shape 2 pouces by 4 pouces spruce and could be cut out of a 4 pouces x 4 pouces timber such as were used for rafters.
- to be nailed in place, except at the joints where scarf-joints would be provided and pegged with 1/2" hardwood pegs.
- Palisades are
- to be pointed with an axe (4 sided only) pyramid style.
- to be squarely notched in to receive ribband. ]
4. November 1971 - Clotures et Barrières: Fences and Gates - Report by Linda Hoad on Fences and Gates specifically mentioned in Louisbourg documents
a) Domestic Piquet fences
- diameter:
- 6-8 pouce corner posts
- diameter probably varied considerably
- height:
-4 pieds for corner posts
-7 pieds for a garden fence
-5-10 pieds as scaled off plans but never higher than wall plates of buildings
- depth:
- 2 1/2 to 3 pieds
- material:
- fir in one instance
- finish:
- no mention of bark removal
- space between piquets:
- yes, and varied
- heads:
- some pointed
- ribbands:
- yes, at least one
- location inside or outside varied
- trenches:
- yes
- braces:
- variety
b) Domestic Masonry Fences: King's Properties
- thickness: 1/2 to 2 pieds
- height: 9-12 pieds (10 pieds most common)
- tops: pointed or sloped or round
- capping: once slate
c) Domestic Plank, Rail and Brush
- planks: horizontal
- rails: horizontal