St Mary’s Church, Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire: Tree-ring Analysis of Oak Timbers from the Bellframe

Author(s): Alison Arnold, Robert Howard

Dendrochronology analysis has demonstrated that the church bellframe at St Mary Portchester is mostly constructed with timber felled in, or around, AD 1624–47 but also incorporates at least three (and most likely four) timbers felled somewhat earlier in AD 1504–24.

Report Number:
71/2024
Series:
Research Report
Pages:
46
Keywords:
Dendrochronology Standing Building

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