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TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF OAK TIMBERS FROM QUEEN'S HOTEL, YORK, YORKSHIRE, 1988-89, PART 2
Tree-ring analysis was carried out on a further 27 samples from the Queen's Hotel site in York. A second site master curve covering the period AD769-1036...
Report Number: 38/1993Research Report -
The Guildhall, Register Square, Beverley, East Yorkshire. Tree-Ring and Radiocarbon Analysis of Oak Timbers
Tree-ring analysis of samples taken from The Guildhall resulted in the construction of four site sequences: BEVJSQ01, a site sequence of 197 rings containing...
Report Number: 84/2019Research Report -
DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF OAK TIMBERS FROM KINSLEY MOAT, CARR FARM, NEAR WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, 1996
Ten oak samples from nine timbers were submitted for tree-ring analysis from Kinsley Moat, Carr Farm, near Wakefield. The ring sequences of six of the...
Report Number: 18/1996Research Report -
THE ANALYSIS OF METALWORKING DEBRIS, DOMESTIC METALWORK AND PLATE ARMOUR FROM PONTEFRACT CASTLE, WEST YORKSHIRE
The castle was demolished during the English Civil War (ECW) in 1649. Excavations were carried out between 1982 and 1986. The 39 kg of ferrous debris...
Report Number: 33/1999Research Report -
TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF TIMBERS FROM CLUMPCLIFF FARM, METHLEY LANE, ROTHWELL, NEAR OULTON, WEST YORKSHIRE
Thirty-two samples from the three buildings at Clumpcliff farm were analysed by tree-ring dating. This analysis produced three site chronologies. The...
Report Number: 13/2000Research Report -
Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from Mount Grace Priory Guesthouse, Saddle Bridge, Northallerton, North Yorkshire
Twenty-seven core samples were taken from timbers of the roof trusses, and inserted first and second floors at this building. Analysis of 26 of these...
Report Number: 40/2004Research Report -
Vale of Pickering, North Yorkshire: Sites 106 and 170. Report on Geophysical Surveys, June 2004.
Caesium magnetometer surveys were carried out in two areas of the Vale of Pickering containing a range of archaeological features previously mapped by...
Report Number: 61/2005Research Report -
Monks Walk, 19 Highgate, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire: Tree-ring analysis of oak timbers
Tree-ring analysis of samples taken from the front range of Monks Walk resulted in the construction of two site sequences. Site sequence BEVBSQ01 contains...
Report Number: 218/2020Research Report -
Southwood Hall, South Field Court, Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire: Tree-ring analysis of timbers
Analysis of samples taken from the roof, the stairwell, and an ex-situ lintel from Southwood Hall, Cottingham, resulted in the construction of a single...
Report Number: 222/2020Research Report -
The Sun Inn, 1 Flemingate, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire: Tree-ring analysis of timbers
Tree-ring analysis of samples from oak timbers of the ground floor and the roof of The Sun Inn, Beverley, resulted in the construction of a single site...
Report Number: 216/2020Research Report -
The Malt House, Blacker Hall Farmhouse, Wakefield, West Yorkshire: Tree-ring Analysis of Oak Timbers
Core samples were taken from timbers in the roof, floor-frame of the first-floor, and lintels at ground-floor and first-floor levels of this building....
Report Number: 206/2020Research Report -
Historic Graffiti on the Tower of St Oswald’s Church, Filey, North Yorkshire: Recording and Interpretation
The Grade 1 St Oswald’s Church lies to the north of Church Ravine in Filey and the extensive collection of well-preserved graffiti was found to cover...
Report Number: 62/2016Research Report -
INNER BAILEY, SCARBOROUGH CASTLE, N.YORKSHIRE. REPORT ON GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY, JULY 1998
A geophysical survey was carried out over the inner bailey area of Scarborough Castle, North Yorkshire. Both resistivity and magnetic methods yielded...
Report Number: 56/1998Research Report -
METALLURGICAL STUDIES OF MISCELLANEOUS ARTEFACTS AND DEBRIS 1995
A range of analytical techniques was used to investigate five different groups of material: iron nails from Peterborough Cathedral; non-ferrous nails...
Report Number: 52/1996Research Report -
St Michael's and All Angels' Church, Thornhill, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. Scientific Examination of Stained Window Glass
The chemical composition of a selection of window glass from Thornhill parish church was investigated in order to contribute to its conservation. The...
Report Number: 31/2011Research Report -
Analytical Field Survey of Prehistoric and Post-Medieval Remains on Fylingdales Moor, North Yorkshire. Survey Report
In March 2004,English Heritage undertook an archaeological investigation and analytical field survey of part of Fylingdales Moor within the North York...
Report Number: 75/2005Research Report -
Church of All Saints,Church Street, Wath Upon Dearne, South Yorkshire: Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers
Dendrochronological analysis was undertaken on two of the three samples obtained from corbels, removed due to decay, from the nave of All Saints Church,...
Report Number: 57/2015Research Report -
EXAMINATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL MATERIAL FROM EXCAVATIONS OF THE EAST GUEST HOUSE AT FOUNTAINS ABBEY, NORTH YORKSHIRE.
A small quantity of technological material was examined. The majority of the material related to ironworking, both smelting and smithing, though the small...
Report Number: 86/1989Research Report -
TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF MEDIEVAL AND POST-MEDIEVAL TIMBERS FROM 16-22 COPPERGATE, YORK, NORTH YORKSHIRE.
This report concludes the series of reports on the dating of the Coppergate timbers. It describes the analysis of the 125 medieval and post-medieval timbers....
Report Number: 136/1989Research Report -
FERRYBRIDGE HENGE I, W YORKSHIRE: SOILS OF THE PIT ALIGNMENT AND DITCH, INFILL PROCESSES AND LANDUSE
The macro/micromorphological and pH characteristics of selected soils from the pit alignment and encircling ditch at Ferrybridge Henge (late Neolithic...
Report Number: 61/1993Research Report