Southview Cottage, Main Street, Norwell, Nottinghamshire: Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers
Author(s): Robert Howard, Matt Hurford, Cathy Tyers
Analysis by dendrochronology was undertaken on 15 samples obtained from Southview Cottage, Main Street, Norwell, Nottinghamshire. This resulted in the production of two site chronologies. The first, NRWDSQ01, comprises 11 samples with an overall length of 175 rings, these rings dated as spanning the years AD 1132–1306. The second site chronology, NRWDSQ02, comprises 2 samples with an overall length of 124 rings. These rings are dated as spanning the years AD 1650–1773. Interpretation of the sapwood and the heartwood/sapwood boundaries on the dated samples indicate the presence of at least two, and probably three, phases of felling. A range of structural elements were probably felled in AD 1306, implying medieval origins for this cottage. Whilst it is possible that two other timbers could also have been felled in AD 1306, it appears perhaps more likely that these represent a slightly earlier felling phase, which took place in the late thirteenth century. Eighteenth-century repairs or modifications are represented by two wall plates felled in AD 1773. Two measured samples remain ungrouped and undated.
- Report Number:
- 51/2010
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 36
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
