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

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