Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from the Roof of St Catherine’s Chapel (South-East Transept), Wells Cathedral, Somerset
Author(s): Alison Arnold, Robert Howard, Cliff Litton
Fourteen samples from the roof of the south-east transept of Wells Cathedral, which houses St Catherine's Chapel, were analysed by tree-ring dating. The analysis produced a single site chronology comprising 12 samples with a combined overall length of 157 rings. These rings are dated as spanning the years AD 1169 to AD 1325. Interpretation of the sapwood on the dated samples would indicate that the timbers they represent were felled in AD 1325. Such a date is very much in keeping with that assigned to the south-east transept on stylistic grounds, and is in keeping with documentary evidence suggesting work on St Catherine's Chapel was nearing completion in AD 1324. Two samples remain undated.
- Report Number:
- 64/2004
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 15
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
