TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF FURTHER OAK TIMBERS FROM THE OLD CHAPEL, SINNINGTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Author(s): Ian Tyers
The Old Chapel at Sinnington is a two-storey barn-like building of stone located adjacent to the hall and church in the village of Sinnington, between Pickering and Kirbymoorside in the North Yorkshire district of Ryedale. The property is listed grade I and listed on the Building at Risk register. The area is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The building has recently had an English Heritage grant-aided programme of repair. This report covers the dendrochronological analysis of a further series of samples mostly taken from the roof tiebeams, principal rafters, and common rafters. This analysis was undertaken to clarify the dating of the roof identified as being from the first half of the sixteenth century in an initial sampling programme (Tyers 1999a). The new results indicate that the present roof timbers were felled in late AD 1516 or early AD 1517.
- Report Number:
- 11/2001
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 15
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
