3D Model of Late Medieval Wooden Gun Carriage (Lavett) from the Gribshunden (1495) Wreck (DC78_ BLM 28314:6)

This dataset contains a 3D model of a wooden gun bed (lavett), which served as the support for a wrought-iron breech-loading swivel gun (skerpentine). The bed is carved from a square oak beam with a hemispherical recess along the upper side that formed a channel for the gun barrel. A hole through the middle of the beam was mounted an iron fork, allowing the gun to be trained and elevated. The artefact comes from an underwater archaeological investigation carried out in 2002 by Kalmar County Museum at the shipwreck Gribshunden at St. Ekön (Ekösund), south of Saxemara in the Ronneby archipelago, Blekinge, Sweden. The investigation focused on documenting and salvaging loose finds at risk of looting. The archaeological activities including localisation, identification, measurement, documentation of loose finds, and recovery of the material. The assemblage from this campaign included a capstan and nine gun carriages, which carried three styles of breech-loading wrought-iron guns. In the Blekinge Museum catalogue this object is registered as Blm 28314:6 (object number 28314, sub-number 6). It is classified as an archaeological find (jordfynd) and weapon (vapen) and is assigned to the medieval period. The manufacturing period is given as the 1400s before 1495 and the use period as the 1400s up to 1495. The historical country context is listed as Denmark. The carriage is made of wood (oak), with recorded dimensions of 2570 mm in length, 200 mm in width, and 200 mm in height. Find circumstances and provenance are documented under RAÄ number Ronneby 728. The find was made in 2002 at St. Ekön (Ekösund) in Saxemara, Ronneby municipality, Blekinge county, Sweden, and the object was acquired by Blekinge Museum in the same year. The site is registered as a shipwreck find spot within the municipality of Ronneby, Blekinge, Sweden. The find context is described as a marine archaeological investigation in 2002. The object has been conserved by impregnation with PEG 400 and freeze-drying under vacuum. A dendrochronological sample was taken from this carriage, but the result for this specific piece was inconclusive. Link to the Dynamic Collection platform https://dyncolldev.ht.lu.se/plus/artifact_view.php?item=78Opens in a new tab