THE TREE-RING DATING OF ACTON COURT, AVON
Author(s): D Haddon-Reece, Daniel Miles
Tree-ring dates are reported here for 24 of the 40 timbers sampled at Acton Court, Avon (ST 676842) from 1987 - 1990. The sixteenth century building work there is shown to be circumscribed by the felling of the East range timber in the spring of AD1535 and the cutting of timbers for the stair turret treads in the spring of AD1576. The North range timbers have felling date ranges (95% confidence) spanning AD1519-1564, but by including information from detached sapwood pieces from two tibers, this could be narrowed to about 1530 to 1545. The felling date range of the fifteenth century arch-braced roof re-erected on the North range at the same time is AD1486-1531.
- Report Number:
- 11/1994
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 24
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology
