Sketch and description of inscribed oak beam found in Castle Rushen wall during 1816 repairs
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- Sketch and description of inscribed oak beam found in Castle Rushen wall during 1816 repairs
- Description
- A document describing a beam or bar of oak with an inscription discovered in the walls of Castle Rushen during repair work in 1816. The item is illustrated with a sketch showing the carved end of the beam with letters and numbers. An accompanying note discusses the antiquity and potential origins of the inscription, suggesting it may have been deposited during the castle's original construction or came from a medieval gateway.
- Type
- Uncertain Readings
- Archive / Repository
- md:20260219_115334.md
- img:20260219_115334.jpg
- Type
- Other
- Identifier
- MS 09707/8/66; AP 147-20
- Provenance
- Document includes a sketch illustration. Transcription notes uncertain readings in 'poſseſsion' (possessive s characters).
- Language
- English