Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from the Hall Roof, West Gateway, and Gates at Fulham Palace, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Author(s): Dr Martin Bridge, Daniel Miles
Many of the major structural timbers of the hall roof, including principal rafters and ties, were found to be of elm (Ulmus spp.). Amongst the oak timbers, two collars dated, one retaining complete sapwood, being felled in spring AD 1493, making the likely construction date about a decade earlier than was previously thought. The major timbers in the gateway were also sampled and five of these dated, one retaining complete sapwood being felled in spring AD 1495, showing that this range is probably part of the same campaign of building as the hall. The gates within this gateway have been considered as possibly incorporating twelfth-century work. This study however found no evidence for any alterations to the gates, and dated five of the seven boards sampled against Baltic chronologies, finding them to be contemporaneous with the gateway, and thus primary Tudor work.
- Report Number:
- 79/2004
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 21
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
