Cockle Park Tower, Hebron, Morpeth, Northumberland: Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers

Author(s): Alison Arnold, Robert Howard

Samples were taken from the roof of the main range and from the roof of a short cross-wing of this building. Subsequent tree-ring analysis of these resulted in the construction of a single site sequence, containing 15 samples and spanning the period AD 1394–1602. Additionally, sample CKL-P15 was dated individually to a first-ring date of AD 1418 and a last-measured ring date of AD 1481. Two of the dated samples are from trees felled in AD 1602, with several others having an estimated felling date range consistent with them also having been felled at this time. Dendrochronology has demonstrated that the main range roof is constructed from timbers felled in AD 1602 with construction likely to have occurred soon after. The terminus post quem dates gained for two timbers of the short cross-wing roof make it possible that this roof also dates to the early-seventeenth century, but this cannot be proven by dendrochronology.

Report Number:
44/2009
Series:
Research Department Reports
Pages:
35
Keywords:
Dendrochronology Standing Building

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