Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from Tickenham Court, Church Lane, Tickenham, near Nailsea, Somerset
Author(s): Dr Martin Bridge, Daniel Miles
This report contains information from a previous dendrochronological study, with the application of new sapwood interpretations, and by comparisons with more recent data sets. That study dated the felling of five timbers used in the Hall roof to late summer/autumn of AD 1471, the felling of trees used for four timbers in the small Solar roof to a range of AD 1466-91, and the felling of a single tree used in the large Solar roof to late summer/autumn AD 1476. The date of the small Solar roof is effectively between AD 1472-6, and one timber in each roof may originate from the same tree, implying both roofs are contemporaneous. The roof of the service range was made from trees felled in the period AD 1570-95. A single timber embedded in the gable wall, thought possibly to be a remnant from an earlier roof, was found in the present study to be contemporaneous with the extant Hall roof.
- Report Number:
- 45/2004
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 19
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
