Title: |
Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from Hopwood Hall, Rochdale Road, Middleton, Rochdale, Greater Manchester |
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Historic England Research Reports
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Twelve core samples were obtained from the single remaining spere truss associated with the original open hall found within this building. Analysis of these produced a single site chronology comprising seven samples with a combined overall length of 141 rings. This site chronology was dated as spanning the years AD 1287 to AD 1427. Interpretation of the sapwood indicates that the dated timbers represented were probably felled in AD 1427. The samples from five other timbers of the spere truss could not be dated, but there is no structural or architectural reason to suppose that they are not of the same date. Other, probably later, timbers within the building which might have been dated were not sampled because they appeared to have too few rings for satisfactory analysis. |
Author: |
Alison Arnold
R E Howard
C D Litton
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Publisher: |
Historic England
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Greater Manchester HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2003
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Locations: |
Site: |
Hopwood Hall, Rochdale Road |
Parish: |
MIDDLETON |
District: |
Rochdale |
County: |
Greater Manchester |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Hopwood Hall Rochdale Road Middleton Rochdale Greater Manchester |
Grid Reference: 387483, 408299 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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N/A
(Find)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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HOUSE
(Monument Type England)
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Ad 1287 To Ad 1427 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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BUILDING SURVEY
(Event)
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Ad 1427 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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OASIS Id: |
englishh2-108695 |
OBIB: |
70/2003 |
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Note: |
A4 bound report of 15pp (ISSN 1473 9224)
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Created Date: |
28 Nov 2016 |