Lowfield Hall, Poles Lane, Lowfield Heath, Crawley, West Sussex : Tree-ring Analysis of Oak Timbers
Author(s): Alison Arnold, Robert Howard, Cathy Tyers
Dendrochronological analysis was undertaken on 17 core samples obtained from both the primary and reused timbers associated with the initial construction of the north-south barn range of Lowfield Hall. This analysis produced a single dated site chronology comprising nine samples, with an overall length of 114 rings. These rings were dated as spanning the years AD 1484–1597. Interpretation of the sapwood on the dated samples, which are all from the primary timbers, suggests that the trees used for these beams were cut as part of a single episode of felling at some point in the period AD 1604–29. Another two samples from the primary timbers remain ungrouped and undated, as do all six samples from the reused timbers.
- Report Number:
- 47/2016
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 40
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building