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Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from 158-160 High Street, Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Merseyside
Nineteen samples were obtained from these two buildings with analysis producing a single site chronology. This comprises eight samples and is 158 rings...
Report Number: 66/2003Research Report -
Dendrochronological Analysis of Conifer Timbers from Danson House and Danson Stables, Bexley, Kent
An English Heritage funded research project is currently investigating the viability of dendrochronological analysis of conifer timbers imported into...
Report Number: 69/2002Research Report -
Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from Ravens Farm, 8 Church Street, Misterton, Nottinghamshire
In November 2001 ten samples were taken from timbers of the earliest phase. In April 2002 the Laboratory returned and took a further seventeen samples,...
Report Number: 73/2002Research Report -
Analysis of Ingots from Lew Mill, Devon
Three ingots were recovered at Lew Mill, on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon. Samples were taken from two of the ingots for analysis by energy dispersive spectrometry....
Report Number: 68/2003Research Report -
FOXHOLES FARM, HERTFORD: SOIL
Report Number: 2017Research Report
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Rowbury Farm Enclosure, Fullerton Down, Hampshire : Report on Geophysical Survey, February 2003
A fluxgate magnetometer survey of a large sub-rectangular enclosure on Fullerton Down, was carried out ahead of research excavation by the Danebury Environs...
Report Number: 69/2003Research Report -
Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from Hopwood Hall, Rochdale Road, Middleton, Rochdale, Greater Manchester
Twelve core samples were obtained from the single remaining spere truss associated with the original open hall found within this building. Analysis of...
Report Number: 70/2003Research Report -
Some Evidence for Glassworking at Silkstone, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
The artefactual evidence from the excavation of a late 17th century glassworking site is examined. The site produced monochrome or colourless glass, naturally...
Report Number: 71/2003Research Report -
Tree-Ring Analysis of Further Timbers from Bromley Hall, Gillender Street, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
The main part of Bromley Hall was thought to date to the early sixteenth century, though little was known of its history. A substantial first-floor construction,...
Report Number: 72/2003Research Report -
Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from the Church of St Mary Magdalene, East Ham, London Borough of Newham
The church dates from the twelfth century and the roof of the apse at the end of the chancel was thought to have its original timber roof. The chancel...
Report Number: 73/2003Research Report -
Tree-Ring Analysis of Oak Timbers from Shinewater Park and Willingdon Drove, Eastbourne, East Sussex
Excavations at Shinewater Park and Willingdon Drove, Eastbourne, revealed timber structures of late Bronze Age date. Tree-ring analysis of 46 timbers...
Report Number: 74/2003Research Report -
Tree-Ring Analysis of Oak Timbers from a Building on the Lea Road Foundry Site, Church Street, Dronfield, Derbyshire
A tree-ring dating programme was commissioned on timbers in a newly identified timber-framed building on a site in Church Street, Dronfield, Derbyshire,...
Report Number: 75/2003Research Report -
Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from St Catherine's Church, Batheaston, Somerset
Two possible phases were investigated, the beam across the chancel arch, and the chancel roof. The chancel roof timbers were assessed as very marginal...
Report Number: 77/2003Research Report -
Evidence for Medieval and Post-Medieval Copper Alloy Working at Guildhall Yard, London
Crucibles, moulds and copper alloy objects from medieval and post-medieval contexts were examined. The casting of copper alloy buckles during the 13th...
Report Number: 78/2003Research Report -
Lead Smelting Waste from the 2001-2002 Excavations at Combe Martin, Devon
Slag from the smelting of silver-rich lead ore, produced in the 16th / 17th centuries, was recovered by Trevor Dunkerley during excavations in Combe Martin,...
Report Number: 79/2003Research Report -
MARC 3: WOOD
Report Number: 2018Research Report
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Metalworking Debris from Cripplegate Buildings (WFG 18), City of London
Excavations of parts of the Roman fort at Cripplegate shortly after World War II also retrieved a well-dated assemblage of material from the early 17th...
Report Number: 80/2003Research Report -
Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from the Cottage, Speldhurst, Kent
Analysis was undertaken on six samples from timbers of this house. A further ten were rejected as unsuitable. Unfortunately, no definitive grouping...
Report Number: 81/2003Research Report -
Tree-Ring Analysis of Oak Timbers from Higher Uppacott, Widecombe on the Moor, Devon
A tree-ring dating programme was commissioned of timbers in Higher Uppacott, a longhouse in Dartmoor National Park. Unfortunately tree-ring analysis...
Report Number: 82/2003Research Report -
Tree-Ring Analysis of Oak Timbers from Combermere Abbey, Whitchurch, Cheshire
Ninety-seven samples obtained from a wide range of locations at Combermere Abbey produced two site chronologies, one of sixty-six samples, 202 rings long,...
Report Number: 83/2003Research Report