We’ve started to pull down the old pigsty. After the smokehouse and the sheep stable it is the third building we are demolishing. We don’t need it, it is in a bad condition and we would like to extend our barn – so it has to go. However, it is a painful thing to do, it feels like destroying a part of Slovakia’s cultural heritage. Most of it is build using mortise and tenon joints – but here and there some magnificent nails are used. The pigsty was made from oak beams and plastered with loam. A whole forest went into it. After today’s work all what is left is a heap of firewood.
A wooden "nail"
An iron Nail
Oak beams with loam
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