Tabley Old Hall, Chester Road, Nether Tabley, near Knutsford, Cheshire: Tree-Ring Analysis of Oak Timbers
Author(s): Alison Arnold, Robert Howard, Cathy Tyers
Dendrochronological analysis was undertaken on 18 of the 20 samples obtained from timbers associated with the now abandoned and derelict Tabley Old Hall. This analysis produced four site chronologies, TABHSQ01–TABHSQ04, accounting for 11 samples. Only the first site chronology, comprising samples from three timbers, could be dated, its 158 rings spanning AD 1179–1336. Interpretation of the sapwood gives these timbers an estimated felling date range of AD 1351–76. The three other site chronologies are undated. Two other samples were dated individually, TAB-H01 having an estimated felling date in the range AD 1667–92, whilst TAB-H12 has a felled after date of AD 1643. The five remaining measured samples are undated.
- Report Number:
- 15/2018
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 49
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
