A very old wooden building in Sweden

Imagine it is the year 1237.
That is 772 years ago!

That year trees were cut down and a wooden
house was built.
Not a house for living , but a house
where among other activities, the owners
made butter.
Eldhus, in Swedish.

The house itself has been dismantled and
rebuilt at least five times - the last time around
one hundred years ago when it was bought by
the Swedish painter Anders Zorn and placed
on his farm Zorngaarden.

The scientists who drilled pieces out of
the old timber to "read" the age of the material,
were amazed, according to this webarticle
where you also can watch a short video
in Swedish.
http://svt.se/2.33557/1.1570357/sveriges_aldsta_trahus_finns_vid_zorngarden?lid=puff_1570813&lpos=bild

If you do not understand the explanations in
Swedish, just enjoy looking at this old wooden
house.

You can check out more about the
Zorn Collections on

http://www.zorn.se/engmain.html