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Forestry 1968 41(1):9-14; doi:10.1093/forestry/41.1.9
© 1968 by Institute of Chartered Foresters
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Ancient Timber Structures1

F. W. B. CHARLES

Timber-framed building preceded and exercised profound influence on medieval masonry architecture. One of the earliest forms was cruck construction, developing probably from the fifth century onwards and possibly deriving from boats. Concurrently with the cruck tradition, buildings supported by posts stuck in the ground must have been in use. These two methods led to the technique of jointing and pegging, and eventually to the vast variety of timber-framed structures still to be seen today. Though the great majority of these belong to the post medieval period, the most notable of them are the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This article deals mainly with the cruck tradition within the context of current research and ancient timber construction in general.


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