TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF TIMBERS FROM 44 HIGH STREET, BAGSHOT, SURREY
Author(s): Dr Martin Bridge
Dendrochronological dating was requested to try and clarify the complex evolution of the current structure, which appears to embody fourteenth-century remains in one truss, and post medieval elements, both of which have been decorated with post-Dissolution paintings. Many of the timbers sampled were fast-grown oak, with relatively few rings, which were unsuitable for analysis. A single timber, the north-west corner post of the painted room did date, and gives a likely felling period of AD 1485-1517, slightly earlier than had been assumed for this wall on stylistic grounds. This gives an earliest possible date range for the paintings, which were anyway thought to be rather later than this range.
- Report Number:
- 59/2001
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 11
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
