Priory House, 33 High Street South, Dunstable, Bedfordshire: Radiocarbon Dating of Twigs from the Undercroft

Author(s): A Bayliss, Michael Dee, Lucy Allot, Diccon Hart, Maggie Henderson

Radiocarbon dating and chronological modelling suggest that organic material recovered from above the vault cones of the undercroft of Priory House, Dunstable, was deposited in cal AD 1217–1269 (95% probability). This provides independent confirmation of the early/mid-thirteenth century date for the undercroft suggested on stylistic grounds.

Report Number:
59/2024
Series:
Research Report
Pages:
19
Keywords:
Radiocarbon Dating Chronological Modelling Scientific Dating

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