Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from Gibside Hall, Near Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Author(s): Alison Arnold, R R Laxton, Cliff Litton
Thirteen samples were obtained from timbers of this building, two of which were discarded before measurement, as they were unsuitable for tree-ring analysis. No grouping occurred between samples. Attempts to date them individually resulted in sample GSH-A11 being dated to a first-ring date of AD 1419 and a last-ring date of AD 1471. This sample has complete sapwood and so the last measured ring date of AD 1471 is the felling date of the timber represented. Tree-ring analysis of timbers at Gibside has resulted in the successful dating of only one beam, an inserted lintel, thought to be reused. The poor results are most likely to be due to the short ring-width sequences of a number of the samples and the acknowledged difficulty in dating single samples.
- Report Number:
- 87/2002
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
