Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from Baguley Hall, Greater Manchester
Author(s): Nigel Nayling
Sixty-two samples were taken for tree-ring analysis from Baguley Hall, Greater Manchester. Three site chronologies were formed. Tree-ring sequences from 20 timbers (predominantly rafters) from the hall range were combined to form a 162-year mean dated to AD 1237-1398, a further ten timbers from the same range formed a 335-year mean dated to AD 1015-1349. Interpretation suggests sourcing of timber from at least two distinct locations, and completion of construction of the hall range soon after the winter of AD 1398/9 Samples from two posts in the north wing were cross-matched to form a 79-year mean dated to AD 1355-1433, indicating work in the north wing occurring in the mid-fifteenth century.
- Report Number:
- 10/2005
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 35
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
