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

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