Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from 10-14 Churchgate, Hallaton, Leicestershire
Author(s): Robert Howard, R R Laxton, Cliff Litton
Sixteen samples were obtained from this building, of which only ten were suitable for tree-ring dating. Analysis by dendrochronology produced two site chronologies, only one of which could be dated. The analysis also dated one sample individually. The first site chronology, consisting of three samples from the floor frame, is 83 rings long. This site chronology cannot be dated. The second site chronology consists of two samples from the roof timbers. This is 67 rings long and is dated as spanning the years AD 1403 to AD 1469. Interpretation of the sapwood would suggest that the timbers represented have an estimated felling date in the range AD 1484 - 1509. The dated individual sample is from a main ceiling beam of the floor frame. This sample has 70 rings and is dated as spanning the years AD 1419 to 1488. This sample does not have the heartwood/sapwood boundary on it, and it is thus not possible to estimate the felling date of the timber except to say that this is unlikely to be before AD 1503.
- Report Number:
- 117/2002
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 18
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
