Barholm Old Hall, Barholm, Lincolnshire: Tree-ring Analysis and Radiocarbon Wiggle-Matching of Oak Timbers
Author(s): Alison Arnold, Robert Howard, Cathy Tyers, A Bayliss, Michael Dee, Sanne Palstra
Tree-ring analysis undertaken on samples from roof timbers of the Dovecote, The Old Hall (hall and cross-wing), and the Barn, resulted in the dating of 25 samples in four site sequences by dendrochronology. Additionally, four samples which form a fifth site sequence have been dated by radiocarbon wiggle-matching. Site sequence BARDSQ01 contains nine samples from the hall roof and spans the period AD 1418–84; analysis of sapwood suggests all timbers were felled in the AD 1480s, with construction likely to have followed shortly after. A second site sequence, BARDSQ02, contains two samples from the cross-wing roof and spans the period AD 1363–1502; the two timbers are coeval and have a felling date range of AD 1509–34. Four other timbers from the cross-wing form site sequence BARDSQ05, which has been dated by radiocarbon wiggle-matching indicating felling in the mid fifteenth-century AD. Site sequence BARDSQ03 contains three samples from the roof of the dovecote and spans the period AD 1560–1634 with the timbers being felled in, or around, AD 1634, indicating a construction date shortly after felling in the AD 1630s. Finally, BARDSQ04 contains 11 samples from the barn and spans the period AD 1610–1730, with all timbers thought to have been felled in, or around, AD 1730, with construction again likely to have followed shortly after.
- Report Number:
- 78/2019
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 59
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Radiocarbon Dating Standing Building Wiggle-Match
