TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF TIMBERS FROM 'THE LONG HOUSE', 62 STRAND STREET, SANDWICH, KENT
Author(s): Alison Arnold, Robert Howard, R R Laxton, Cliff Litton
Ten samples were taken from oak timbers at these premises for dendrochronological analysis, of these three were later rejected; SND-A02 and SND-A05 have very short ring width-sequences, and SND-A07 has a distorted ring pattern. Four samples were grouped and combined into a site sequence of 96 rings, SNDASQ02. This site sequence was successfully matched at a first-ring date of AD 1466 and a last-ring date of AD 1561. None of the samples contained within this site chronology had complete sapwood although all had the heartwood/sapwood boundary ring; the average of these gives an estimated felling date range of AD 1562-75 with the actual felling date thought to be c AD 1570. In addition two further samples were dated individually. Sample SND-A06 was matched at a first-ring date of AD 1484 and a last ring date of AD 1557, with an estimated felling date range of AD 1569-89 and a sample SND-A10 to spanning the period AD 1472-AD 1555. This latter sample does not have the heartwood/sapwood boundary ring and so an estimated felling date range cannot be calculated. Sample SND-A09 could not be matched and remains undated.
- Report Number:
- 56/2001
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 17
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
