The boat hall is also used as a workshop, so there are often ‘shavings’ on the floor.
The boat is also maintained here.
Boat space
Photo: Ib Stolberg-Rohr
Tilia is always positioned on the transport trolley with the starboard side facing an elevation so visitors can get a full view down into the boat.
Exhibition
Photo: Ib Stolberg-Rohr
The posters on the end wall show the different phases of the boat's creation and testing.
The image at the end of the stem piece's horn is from one of the National Museum's displays of the original Hjortspring boat.
The ‘half’ boat at the front is a full-size practice version of a stern section. It has been used, along with a centre piece, for exhibitions around the world, for example in Denmark, Sweden and Germany.
The arm with the rudder is an illustration of a hypothesis put forward by G. Rosenberg [p. 88] for a possible use of the four cleats found in the bow of the boat.
The dark outline on the rudder blade is an illustration of the piece of a rudder blade found in the front part of the boat. There is also an outline, at the bottom, on the other side of the rudder, corresponding to the piece found in the aft part of the boat [p. 86 - 89].
Current project
Photo: Ib Stolberg-Rohr
An ongoing project: To make a boat that is easier to handle than Tilia.
It is a stretched log boat, modelled on the Björke boat from around 400 AD. It was found in Sweden.
It is called Loki because it was so difficult!
So difficult that it will never become a boat. It will have a future life as a garden bench! Our mistakes in this project will still be visible.
The project also shows how important it is to follow our own order of priorities, which was deviated from here, sigh!
The blue wall at the back of the picture is being set up to display tools and aids used in the construction of Tilia
Photo: Ib Stolberg-Rohr
At the other end of the workshop, we have set up a (Viking Age) tent, where we show a model (Swedish) of a skin-covered rock carving boat. It shows why it is necessary to have horns on this type of boat. You can get the explanation next time you visit us.
Along the walls there are various workplaces, including one where guests can try using our ‘Hjortspring iron’, a tool from around year 1, under competent guidance, they are very sharp.