Norton Hall Barn, Hall Lane, Stanton Street, Suffolk: Tree-Ring Analysis of Oak Timbers
Author(s): Alison Arnold, Robert Howard, Cathy Tyers
Analysis was undertaken on samples from timbers of the roof and wall framing, believed to be associated with the primary construction phase, and also from timbers associated with the later alterations in relation to the doorways, resulting in the construction of three site sequences. Site sequence NRTNSQ01 contains 13 samples from the primary structure and spans the period AD 1384–1481. One of these timbers, a wall plate, was felled in c AD 1489, with the other dated timbers having felling dates ranges of between AD 1469–94 (earliest) and AD 1488–1513 (latest). It is thought likely that all of these primary timbers were felled in, or around, c AD 1489, with construction following shortly after. Site sequence NRTNSQ02 contains seven samples associated with later alterations and spans the period AD 1519–1626. Doorway 1 contains two timbers which were felled in AD 1626, Doorway 2 contains two timbers felled in AD 1625–50, a single timber from Doorway 3 was felled in AD 1627–52, whilst two timbers from Doorway 4 were felled in AD 1613–38. These dates suggest the four doorways were all altered or inserted in the first half of the seventeenth century, possibly all in the AD 1620s. The third site sequence, NTRDSQ03 is undated.
- Report Number:
- 35/2017
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 45
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
