The Great Tythe Barn, Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire: Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers
Author(s): Alison Arnold, Cathy Tyers, Andy J Howard
Dendrochronological analysis was undertaken on 42 of the 43 samples obtained from the northern and southern parts of the Great Tythe Barn at Bolton Abbey. This analysis produced a single site chronology comprising 37 samples, being 169 rings long, and dated as spanning AD 1350–1518. Interpretation of the sapwood on the dated samples indicates that the entire barn is the product of a single programme of felling starting in the spring of AD 1518 and finishing in the dormant period during the winter of AD 1518/19. As such, it is clear that the two parts of the barn, in spite of showing some differences in construction, are coeval. Five measured samples remain ungrouped and undated.
- Report Number:
- 48/2015
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 46
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
