12th Century Cart

[Jimsee7]

Hey I was wondering what a 12th Century cart would look like?

Something like this right?

I'm just looking for a basic Idea.

Oh! An estimated size to. TKS.

[brendan]

Size depends on whether it is a hand cart - to be pulled by a person - or a cart to be pulled by an animal. Type of wheel also varies.

try http://www.larsdatter.com/wagons.htm for pretty much every medieval picture of a cart. The company of St George website has an article in their magazine on how things were carried.

Brendan

[Jimsee7]

I suppose a Hand Cart.
Solid wheels.

Hey, is the Fork made of one piece?

[finnobreanan]

Ah, that image brings back bad (sorry good) memories of bone breaking work on a Living History farm at wheat harvesting time! Harvesting wheat with a hand sickle, gathering it by hand, whacking it with a flail on the floor, and winnowing the wheat heads with a basket! Good times, good times! And yes, the pitch fork is made from a single tree branch or sappling. Some times you get lucky and find a sappling with three or four forks.