Rook Hall Farm, Yaxley Road, Eye, Suffolk: Tree-ring Analysis of Oak Timbers
Author(s): Dr Martin Bridge, Cathy Tyers
Assessment of dendrochronological potential was undertaken on the main barn and a number of outbuildings attached to it. Only the primary phase of the main barn proved to have suitable timbers of which 11 were sampled. Seven of the samples were successfully dated producing a site chronology spanning the period AD 1441– 1522. One sample retained complete sapwood, this indicating that the timber was derived from a tree felled in winter AD 1522/23. The other dated timbers appear to form a coherent group, most likely felled at a the same time, or within a short period of time. It seems likely, therefore, that the barn was constructed, shortly after felling,in AD 1523 or within a year of two after this date.
- Report Number:
- 65/2018
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 28
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
