Haddon-Reece, D. and Miles, D. W H. (2003). The Tree-Ring Dating of the Round Tower, Windsor Castle, Berkshire. Fort Cumberland: Historic England. https://doi.org/10.5284/1033858. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 The Tree-Ring Dating of the Round Tower, Windsor Castle, Berkshire
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Series:		 Historic England Research Reports
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Abstract:		 Forty tree-ring samples were taken from various phases in the Round Tower, Windsor Castle, Berkshire during two dendrochronological research projects from 1989-90 and 1991-3 whilst major underpinning works were being carried out. Six separate phases of construction were identified, the earliest being a timber re-used from the time of Henry III in 1225. Two major phases from AD 1354/5 and AD 1364-70 were the main timber-framed courtyard range and the north staircase respectively. Repairs dating from 1468 were identified over the kitchen or north range, from AD 1578 over the south or lodgings range, and an applied decorative bracket was dated from after AD 1623 from the main hall in the west range. The tree-ring work, combined with recent interpretation of documentary sources, suggest that the timber for the major fourteenth-century reconstruction was not obtained from the royal forests but was instead procured through the existing timber trade. Some of the timbers exhibited signs of woodland management, and the majority of the timbers were from trees less than 100 years old. One well replicated site chronology WINDSOR1 (1231-1359) was produced for the fourteenth-century work, and another chronology WINDSOR2 (1385-1468) was produced for the fifteenth century. Four other dated chronologies of between one and three samples were produced for the thirteenth-, sixteenth-, and seventeenth-century phases.
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Author:		 David Haddon-Reece
D W H Miles
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Publisher:		 Historic England
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Berkshire Archaeology HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2003
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Site: Round Tower, Windsor Castle
Parish: WINDSOR
District: Windsor and Maidenhead
County: Berkshire
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Round Tower Windsor Castle Berkshire
Grid Reference: 497000, 177000 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) N/A (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CASTLE (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CASTLE (Monument Type England)
1225 (Auto Detected Temporal)
BUILDING SURVEY (Event)
Ad 1578 (Auto Detected Temporal)
Ad 1623 (Auto Detected Temporal)
Ad 136470 (Auto Detected Temporal)
Ad 13545 (Auto Detected Temporal)
Thirteenth Sixteenth (Auto Detected Temporal)
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OASIS Id: englishh2-108668
OBIB: 53/2003
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Note:		 A4 bound report of 43pp (ISSN 1473 9224)
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016