TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF OAK TIMBERS FROM DORE ABBEY, ABBEY DORE, HEREFORDSHIRE
Author(s): G Boswijk, Ian Tyers
Tree-ring analysis of oak timbers from Dore Abbey, now the Church of St Mary, was undertaken in order to date the ambulatory roof and assess the importance of timbers re-used from early phases. Sixteen samples were obtained and all but one dated. Two chronologies were produced, dating to AD 1073-1195 and AD 1363-1612. The first chronology was produced from re-used timbers felled in AD 1205-1238. The second site chronology included two phases of timbers, one felled in the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century and the other probably relating to the extensive restoration programme of AD 1633.
- Report Number:
- 18/1998
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 15
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
