TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF ROMAN TIMBERS FROM CAERLEON, MUSEUM SITE, 1983-5.
Author(s): J Hillam
Tree-ring analysis was carried out on 26 oak samples from the Museum site. Thirteen were from the earliest timber building, dated archaeologically to AD 75, and thirteen were from piles which had been driven into a disused well of about AD 90-100. Eight timbers from theoriginal construction were dated, producing a short master curve, 33BC- AD62. The timbers were felled afterAD61 and probably before AD 98. The well timbers, however, proved difficult to date with poor crossmatch- ing between the individual ring sequences, even though many of them had bark or bark edge. Two of the timbers were dated, one firmly and the other tentatively. The former had a felling date of about AD 72-73, suggesting that felling was contemporary with the original construction of the fortress.
- Report Number:
- 43/1987
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 34
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology
