1 and 3 Market Place, Snaith, Snaith and Cowick, East Riding of Yorkshire: Tree-Ring Analysis and Radiocarbon Wiggle-Matching of Oak Timbers
Author(s): Alison Arnold, Robert Howard, Cathy Tyers, Bisserka Gaydarska, Michael Dee, Sanne Palstra, Peter Marshall
Dendrochronological analysis was undertaken on core samples from six timbers from 1 and 3 Market Place, Snaith. This analysis produced a single site chronology, SNTBSQ01, comprising five samples from roof timbers and being 64 rings long. The site master chronology, however, could not be conclusively dated by ring-width dendrochronology when compared to an extensive range of relevant reference chronologies. Radiocarbon dating was undertaken on seven single-ring samples from a timber in the site master chronology. Wiggle-matching of these results suggests that the final ring of this site master chronology formed in cal AD 1729–1746 (95% probability) or cal AD 1732–1739 (68% probability). This is compatible with the tentative dating produced for the site master chronology by ring-width dendrochronology, which suggests that it spans AD 1669–1732. The tentative tree-ring date can only be accepted because it is supported independently by the radiocarbon wiggle-matching. Interpretation of the sapwood on these samples indicates the timbers represented were all felled in AD 1732DR. The sixth sample, from a possibly re-used cruck blade, remains undated.
- Report Number:
- 27/2024
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 46
- Keywords:
- Standing Building Wiggle-Match Scientific Dating
