Michael Linton's Bayeux Tapestry: 1066 - A Medieval Mosaic and Puzzles

Cross Bar

Wooden Crossbar Puzzle

The puzzle consists of 11 bars of 4 different lengths

• 4 short bars
• 3 medium bars
• 2 medium to long bars
• and 2 long bars

Theoretically there are over 20,000 ways of placing the bars in the holes, that is, if you disregard the rule of not being allowed to cross the bars over the top of each other.

To date 4 unique solutions to this puzzle have been found.