Church of St John The Baptist, Latton, Wiltshire : Tree-Ring Dating of the Nave Roof
Author(s): Daniel Miles
The Church of St John the Baptist, Latton, is a parish church with twelfth- and thirteenth century origins and a chancel remodelled in 1858–63 by Butterfield. During a programme of repairs a number of rafters had been replaced in the nave roof, and these were subjected to emergency recording and dendrochronological analysis. One of these produced a felling date of AD 1464, and an arch-brace cored in situ was felled in AD 1465. Two other rafters were dated, both of which produced felling date ranges consistent with a single period of felling in the AD 1460s.
- Report Number:
- 44/2008
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 17
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building