St Mary’s Church, King’s Pyon, Herefordshire: Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers
Author(s): Dr Martin Bridge
Only seven timbers from the nave roof were assessed as being potentially suitable for tree-ring dating. These seven timbers were cored, but three of the samples were found to contain too few rings for reliable dating, and these samples were not analysed further. Two of the measured series were found to have come from the same tree, and these cross-matched a third series, producing a site chronology 113 years long. The site chronology contained some marked declines in growth and failed to give consistent acceptable matches against the dated reference material. The nave roof therefore remains undated.
- Report Number:
- 48/2007
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 10
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
