TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF TIMBERS FROM THE KITCHEN AT LITTLE BRAXTED HALL, LITTLE BRAXTED, ESSEX
Author(s): Dr Martin Bridge
This square timber-framed building is thought to have been built as a medieval kitchen, and was later converted into a dovecote. It had previously been dated to the late-fifteenth century on stylistic evidence, but this study dates the most likely period for the felling of the oaks (Quercus spp.) used in its construction to the period AD 1398 - 1410. The large arch braces and the wall plates were found to be of elm (Ulmus spp.). The strongest crossmatching for the site chronology was found with a number of sites within a 60 km radius, suggesting a probable local origin for the timbers.
- Report Number:
- 8/1999
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 8
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building