They are more than 1,350 years old and are dark brown. The perimeter of each column is around 150 centimeters while the diameter is 44 centimeters. Each column has a squared wooden base.

In Norway, the Medieval Churches, known as "StavKirker" (in Norwegian, "Stav" refers to a type of wooden column, and "Kirker" means church), stand out as iconic structures. They emerged in the ...

The column weighs about 3,000 pounds, and the long protruding lip of the bowl was designed in computer models to be stabilized with steel counter-weights concealed in the timbers of the low end.

Older columns tended to be larger than their modern counterparts; the wooden columns most readily available today are 8" in diameter, while older ones were often 9-1/2".