In fact, some wooden remains have been dated to the latter years of the Viking Age in the 10th-century, although their prior purpose is unknown. How to visit Heddal stave church ...

But in its original, noun form, around 1400, the Oxford English Dictionary says, a “stave” was a thin strip of wood that was curved to make a cask or barrel. (The singular “stave” was actually a ...

CASTLE ROCK — The 3.9-mile-long wooden water pipe that slaked the thirst of some 500 early Castle Rock residents was a workhorse. It moved 75,000 gallons of water a day, 27.3 million gallons a ...

Known as "stave" churches, after the wooden “stavers” or corner posts and load-bearing pillars that keep the church from collapsing, these churches range from modest structures to ornate ...

The Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing Series came to an end in 2023, but the word from the distillery at the time was that it would return in some new shape and form. Well, this whiskey series is back ...