Timber Framers Guild Forums General Barns and Traditional Timberframing No long top plates... Old English cary-over?

Here's a link to the story I wrote about our barn tour. It's written for a layman audience.

I hope I got most things right regarding timber framing, though there maye be a few blatant fallacies. I am but human.

http://www.independentpub.com/gray/articles/2008071704.htm