[Artemisia] A New Discussion - SCA Skills in a Modern Plague

[Allen Hall]

Mud or clay would be very short term, I would think.  We know that our medieval ancestors made VERY effective mortar, as there are plenty of castles, walls and cathedrals as evidence of their skills.  This would be an interesting project to learn about and try out.  I've got several hundred feet of walls to make at the Uprising site.  Perhaps a group...large group..project?

Alan

> From: scascot at mac.com
> To: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:01:08 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] A New Discussion - SCA Skills in a Modern Plague
> 
> The obvious answer is mud or some sort of clay in the short term.
> 
> If there's access to limestone, you can cook it (need to make a kiln  
> and charcoal - wait, we covered that already) and get quicklime.  
> Adding some water and sand gives you a passable mortar. I think that  
> chalk will also work.
> 
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> HL Earc Cearr