7–12 Church Street, Dronfield, Derbyshire: Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers
Author(s): Robert Howard, Alison Arnold
Dendrochronological analysis was undertaken on 13 of the 15 core samples obtained from the five cruck trusses of this barn. This analysis produced two site chronologies. The first site chronology, comprising nine samples from trusses A, B, C, and D, has an overall length of 214 rings, dated as spanning the years AD 1313–1526. Interpretation of the sapwood on these samples would suggest that some of the timbers of trusses A and B were felled in the late AD 1450s or early AD 1460s, while some of the timbers of trusses C and D have an estimated felling date range of AD 1537–62. The second site chronology, comprising two samples from truss A, has an overall length of 110 rings but cannot be dated. Two further measured samples remain ungrouped and undated.
- Report Number:
- 55/2014
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 32
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
