St Peter's church,High Street, Marlborough - putlog hole
Introduction
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St Peter's church,High Street, Marlborough - putlog hole
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 9 Jun 2007
When the church was built, wooden beams were used as internal scaffolding. The ends of the beams were placed in openings like this and were left in case they were needed for future maintenance purposes. The term 'putlog' is self-explanatory and is still in use today even though modern scaffolding now uses metal tubes rather than timber.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.418005
Longitude
-1.734777