TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF TIMBERS FROM THE ROOF OF ST ANNE'S CHAPEL, FARLEIGH HUNGERFORD CASTLE, NORTON ST PHILIP, SOMERSET
Author(s): Dr Martin Bridge
St Anne's Chapel adjoins the larger St Leonard's Chapel, which was the subject of an earlier dendrochronological study in which the main roof was found to have been built from timbers most likely felled in the period AD 1600-22. The main beams of the roof of St Anne's Chapel appear to have been re-used or heavily modified, but the large longitudinal beam is known to have been painted in the AD 1640s, after which it has been left in its present form. Two timbers from this roof dated, but no sapwood was found on them. Assuming both are from the same batch of timbers, their felling date was most likely after AD 1609. The sequence formed from these two timbers matches the previously formed chronology well, and may represent part of the same phase of work. A sample was also taken from a window lintel extracted during the ongoing repairs. This dates from the early nineteenth century, showing another repair phase in the history of this chapel.
- Report Number:
- 68/2002
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 10
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
