Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from the Post Mill, Windmill Lane, Windmill Hill, Herstmonceux, East Sussex

Author(s): Dr Martin Bridge

The timbers from this Grade II* listed post mill were in two groups: supporting timbers remaining in situ at Herstmonceux, and the majority of the buck, which was disassembled for repair ex situ. Four timbers from the buck dated: one, retaining complete sapwood being felled in winter AD 1813/14, and the other three apparently coming from a group of timbers most likely to have been felled at the same time. In addition, the main post was felled in winter AD 1813/14, and a crosstree was felled the previous winter (AD 1812/13). This corresponds with records of building by a Lewes-based millwright c AD 1814. It is suspected that many of the buck timbers are much earlier, but these were either of elm, or had insufficient rings to be sampled.

Report Number:
43/2005
Series:
CfA Reports
Pages:
13
Keywords:
Dendrochronology Standing Building

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