Chepstow - Eighteenth-Century Timber Revetment

Timber is readily preserved in waterlogged conditions on the waterfront. Several timber revetments were found at Chepstow. These were built to form the vertical front to the quayside and allow boats to dock easily at high tide. The earlier ones would have been made of oak, but later ones, like the one in the picture, were constructed from imported softwood such as deal.