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Tree-ring Analysis of Timbers from The barn abd Main house, Aldeby Hall, Aldeby, near beccles, Norfolk |
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Nottingham Tree-ring Dating Laboratory unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
Analysis by dendrochronology of samples obtained from the timbers of a barn at Aldeby Hall has resulted in the production of a single site chronology. This site chronology has an overall length of 187 rings, these rings dated as spanning the years 1422-1608. Interpretation of the sapwood on the dated samples would suggest that the trees used for the construction of the barn were probably all cut as part of a single episode of felling at some point between 1614 at the earliest and 1626 at the latest. A further single sample from a ground floor ceiling beam of the barn was dated individually. This sample has a last rings date of 1722. Allowing for missing sapwood rings on this sample it is likely that the tree represented was felled at some point between 1726 at the earliest and 1751 at the latest and probably represents a repair or alteration. In addition to the 28 samples from the barn, samples were obtained from two ceiling joists in the central (probably primary) range of the main house. These two samples were combined to form a second site chronology, this having an overall length of 54 rings. These 54 rings were dated as spanning the years 1442-1495. Interpretation of the sapwood on these samples would indicate that the trees used for these beams were also probably all cut as part of a single episode of felling at some point between 1510 at the earliest and 1535 at the latest. |
Author: |
Alison Arnold
Robert Howard
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Publisher: |
Nottingham Tree-ring Dating Laboratory
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Norfolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2013
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Alderby Hall, Main house and barn |
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Norfolk |
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South Norfolk |
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ALDEBY |
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England |
Grid Reference: 644510, 292830 (Easting, Northing)
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nottingh3-167053 |
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A4 bound report of 25 pages
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |