The Packhorse, Old School Hill South Stoke, Somerset: Tree-Ring Analysis Of Elm And Oak Timbers
Author(s): Dr Martin Bridge, Cathy Tyers
The elm samples taken mostly had too few rings for further analysis, although two longer sequences matched each other and were combined into a single 71-year elm chronology. This showed abrupt growth changes, and could not be dated against the available oak reference material. Six oak roof timbers and an oak floor-beam appear to form a single group of timbers most likely all felled at the same time. One retained complete sapwood and was from a tree felled in winter AD 1633/34. A beam in the basement was from an oak felled in spring AD 1618, and this may either represent a substantial break in the construction of the building, or the use of a stockpiled timber.
- Report Number:
- 105/2019
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 24
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building