Church of St Andrew, Church Road, Cotton, Suffolk: Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers
Author(s): Robert Howard, Alison Arnold
Dendrochronological analysis was undertaken on eight samples from the bench ends of a selection of pews in the Church of St Andrew, Cotton. This analysis produced a single dated site chronology, COTASQ01, comprising six samples and having an overall length of 87 rings, these rings dated as spanning the years AD 1375–1461. Interpretation of the sapwood on these samples would indicate that the dated bench ends are derived from timber cut as part of a single programme of felling some time between AD 1476 and AD 1501. Analysis was also undertaken on12 samples from the nave roof. This produced two site chronologies, COTASQ02 and COTASQ03, comprising three and two samples, of overall lengths 63 and 65 rings respectively. Neither of these site chronologies, or any of the seven remaining ungrouped samples from the roof, could be dated.
- Report Number:
- 19/2012
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 38
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
