Dewar's Lane Granary, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland: Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers
Author(s): Alison Arnold, Robert Howard, Cathy Tyers
Dendrochronological analysis was undertaken on 51 samples taken from oak and pine timbers of this building. Site sequence BWKASQ03 was successfully dated to the period AD 1701–1825. This site sequence contains four pine samples, one from the central framework, one from the west framework, and two from floor joists. All four samples have last measured ring dates in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, showing that none of them relate to the likely original construction of the building in the mid to late eighteenth century. They appear broadly coeval and it is likely that they are associated with the post-AD 1829 reconstruction, following a fire in AD 1815. The likely source of these timbers is Scandinavian, possibly south-east Norway. Although a number of other small groups of timbers were identified none of the resultant site sequences, either oak or pine, could be successfully dated.
- Report Number:
- 24/2008
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 40
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
