Trerithick, Polyphant, Altarnun, Cornwall: Radiocarbon Wiggle-Matching of Oak Timbers

Author(s): Alison Arnold, Robert Howard, Cathy Tyers, Michael Dee, Sanne Palstra, Peter Marshall

Independent validation of tentative tree-ring dating for a group of previously undated samples from the west range roof of Trerithick, Altarnun, Cornwall has been obtained by radiocarbon wiggle-matching and it can now be considered as a radiocarbon-supported dendrochronological date, the site chronology spanning AD 1557–1726DR. Dendrochronological and radiocarbon analysis has now demonstrated that the roofs of both the extant hall range and west range are replacements dating to the late seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries respectively.

Report Number:
54/2022
Series:
Research Report
Pages:
22
Keywords:
Dendrochronology Radiocarbon Dating Standing Building Wiggle-Match

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