TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF TIMBERS FROM MANOR FARM BARN, FRINDSBURY, KENT
Author(s): Alison Arnold, R R Laxton, Cliff Litton
Analysis was undertaken of ten samples from oak timbers of the barn at Manor Farm, Frindsbury; a further three samples were not analysed due to their short ring-width sequences. The analysis of these samples resulted in the production of two site chronologies. The first site chronology, FRDBSQ01, consists of six samples, and 150 rings, spanning the period AD 1254-AD 1403. Contained within this site chronology is sample FRD-B01, which has complete sapwood and a last-ring date of AD 1403, this being the felling date of the timber represented. The average heartwood/sapwood boundary dates of the other timbers points towards a felling date for these within the range AD 1392-AD 1412, consistent with a felling date of AD 1403 as well. The second site chronology, FRDBSQ02, consists of two samples, and 100 rings. Unfortunately, this site chronology could not be matched and these samples remain undated. Attempts to date the remaining two samples individually proved unsuccessful and these also remain undated. Dendrochronological analysis has shown that six of the timbers, all arcade posts, used in the construction of this barn were from trees felled in the period c AD 1392-AD 1412 and probably in c AD 1403, suggesting it to be later than originally believed.
- Report Number:
- 42/2002
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 14
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
