Object number
65/100
Collection
Description
Timber or ring dog or timber hook, used for moving logs. Part of the Saint Mary Bourne Collection, Hampshire.
A timber dog, used by woodworkers for moving logs that are too large to be moved by hand. This type of timber dog is also known as a 'ring dog' or 'timber hook'. It consists of a heavy hook with a toothed end which is joined to a ring by means of a link. A long piece of wood which acts as a lever would be placed through the ring while the hook is passed over a log. By levering the handle forwards the whole log could be moved. It is part of the Saint Mary Bourne Collection, from the village of Saint Mary Bourne in Hampshire.
Physical description
1 ring hook: metal (iron); good condition
Archival history
MERL miscellaneous note – ‘The St. Mary Bourne Collection // 65/100. Timber Dog’
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