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Ashlar Pieces/Posts
- a short vertical timber
which runs down the inner face of the wallhead. It is morticed into
a rafter
at a point near its foot, and is also usually connected to the rafter by a timber spanning the
wallhead, which effectively forms a timber triangle. The ashler post, in pressing against the wallhead,
prevents the roof
from spreading outwards.(rather confusingly it has nothing to do with
ashlar stonework)
(Illustration).