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Roman Furnace Project 2006: Construction Phase

Introduction ('Home')   Construction Phase   General Photographs   Pot Furnace Repair Photographs

Pot Furnace Marver Photographs   Small Furnace Construction   Lehr Construction Photographs

1. The fire pit, lined with bricks, tiles and daub. 2. The fire pit and the small furnace.
3. Building the wall. 4. Early stages.
5. Early stages. 6. Building the wall.
7. Building up to shelf level. 8. Building up to shelf level.
9. Start of door shelf. 10. Start of door shelf.
11. Start of door shelf. 12. Start of door shelf.
13. Internal shelf supports. 14. Detail of internal shelf supports.
15. Internal shelf supports. 16. Start of the wall for the main chamber.
17. Start of the wall for the main chamber. 18. Start of the wall for the main chamber.
19. Start of the wall for the main chamber. 20. Start of the wall for the main chamber.


The timber struts visible in photographs 21 - 29 were put in as temporary supports for the sides of the lehr, which were not drying quickly enough and had started to sag under their own weight.

21. Approaching the level of the door arches. 22. Approaching the level of the door arches.
23. The door arches in place. 24. The door arches in place.
25. The full height of the walls. 26. The full height of the walls.
27. The full height of the walls. 28. The full height of the walls.
29. With timber struts!. 30. Without timber struts!.
31. The tile shelves in place and the lehr is ready to receive the roof. 32. The tile shelves in place and the lehr is ready to receive the roof.
33. The tile shelves in place and the lehr is ready to receive the roof. 34. Putting the twigs in place.
35. Putting the twigs in place. 36. The woven 'wattle'.
37. The woven 'wattle'. 38. Detail of roof construction.
39. Detail of roof construction. 40. Detail of roof construction.
41. Detail of roof construction. 42. Shaping the walls.
43. Detail of roof construction. 44. The partly-built roof.
45. The partly-built roof. 46. The partly-built roof.
47. Detail of roof construction from below. 48. Finishing the doors.
49. The completed lehr. 50. The completed lehr.
51. The completed lehr. 52. The completed lehr.

"If you build it, they will come."

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