Component
Nails
Iron ore → Iron bloom → Wrought iron → Nails → Bellows
Picture to come.
Iron nails were forged one at a time by smiths from thin iron rod, pointed and then headed on an iron plate. They were relatively costly, so many timber buildings relied mainly on wooden pegs in their joints. Nails were used for doors, boards, roof laths, carts, chests and boats; clinker-built boats used clench nails hammered over small iron plates.
Caveats (confidence: medium)
Specific nail types and costs in the 12th century were not checked; the reliance on pegged joints is general knowledge.
Sources: british-history.ac.uk
Made by
- Forge nails
Used to make
- Make bellows
- Build an ox cart
Used to build
- Storehouse
- Timber bridge
- Craft workshop
- Townhouse
- Apothecary's workshop