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Researching the
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 A
1980
47. 9 January 1980 - Blocks 2 & 16: Landscaping
a) Block 16: along "Place" and "Rue St. Louis"
- board fence
b) Block 16: along "Place" between Paris house and De la Plagne property
- piquet fence
48. 18 February 1980 - Block 2: interior fences, contours & features to be re-built or preserved
a) Guion property (both sides)
i) board fence
- height: 6 pieds +/-
- material: spruce
- size: 1 x 5 pouces maximum
- spacing: 1/2 pouce +/-
- tops: pointed as per "as-found"
- nailed to ribbands on Guion side
ii) posts
- finish: roughly squared
- material: spruce
- size: 6 x 6 pouces +/-
- distance: 10' +/-
- centered on property line
iii) ribbands
- finish: band-sawn
- size: 2 x 4 pouces +/1
- location: top and bottom
- notched into posts on Guion side
b) Grandchamp - La Rivière Fence
i) typical piquet fence
- height: 6 1/2 pieds +/-
- diameter: 5-6 pouces
- finish: peeled
- heads: pointed
ii) ribbands
- half-logs
- placed top and bottom
c) Destouches-Bigot Fence
i) piquet fence
- height: 7 pieds
- diameter: 4-6 pouces
- tops: roughly squared
- set in a trench: approximately 1 1/2 pieds deep
ii) ribband
- size: 3 x 3 pouces
- placement: top only
iii) braces
- size: 4 pouce diameter
- placement: every 10' +/- on Destouches side of the fence
d) Dugas Property
i) Piquet fence
- height: 7 pieds high
- diameter: 4-6 pouces
- tops: pointed
ii) ribbons
- finish: band sawn
- size: 2 x 4 pouces
- location: top and bottom
iii) posts
- material: spruce
- diameter: 6-8 pouces +/-
- spacing: every 10' - 12' +/-
e) Benoist Property (sides)
i) piquet fence
- height: 7 pieds
- size: 4-6 pouce diameter
- tops: flat
ii) ribbands
- 2 1/2" logs
iii) braces
- where necessary
- at 10' spacing
49. 1 April 1980 - Block 16: Final Drawings
De la Plagne fence: one section removable (not visible) to allow passage for later need