The broken iron barrel hoop which matched the breaks on the remaining iron hoop on the barrel

Plan view

The hoop as found next to the barrel with the remains of the hoops attached to the barrel showing

The gap in the middle of the hoops is the widest point of the barrel, with the four iron band hoops at either end of the barrel

The Team start to carefully remove the sand covering the barrel remains

Slowly the sand is removed from the inside of the barrel staves

The sand inside the barrel is removed

Showing the wooden staves on the inside of the barrel

The remains of the wooden staves is in excellent condition

Project Leader Raimund Krob measuring the barrel remains

Documenting the barrel remains

A low angle view

The middle

The other end or top of the barrel, if it was stood up on its end

The middle

One base of the barrel showing the wooden staves and groove for the bottom sections