Arnold, A., Howard, R., Dunbar, E., Tyers, C. and Marshall, P. D. (2015). Furness Abbey, Manor Road, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria: Tree-Ring Analysis and Radiocarbon Wiggle-Matching of the Presbytery Wall Foundation Raft Timbers. Fort Cumberland: Historic England. https://doi.org/10.5284/1089031. Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	Furness Abbey, Manor Road, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria: Tree-Ring Analysis and Radiocarbon Wiggle-Matching of the Presbytery Wall Foundation Raft Timbers
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	Dendrochronological analysis was undertaken on 43 samples obtained as slices from a series of timbers used as a foundation raft for the presbytery walls at Furness Abbey, these timbers having being removed as part of emergency conservation works. This analysis produced one dated site chronology comprising 32 samples and having an overall length of 182 rings (BIFESQ01). These rings were dated as spanning the years AD 975-1156. Interpretation of the sapwood on the dated samples would suggest the likelihood that all the timbers were cut as part of a single programme of felling (though perhaps not all at exactly the same time) in the period AD 1165-90, and are thus likely to represent part of the earliest work on the extant Abbey. A second site chronology, BIFESQ02, comprising nine samples could also be created, this being 161 rings long. This site chronology could not be dated by dendrochronology, but the results of a radiocarbon wiggle match suggest it is likely that the sequence is broadly coeval with BIFESQ01. The remaining two samples were rejected from the analysis.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Alison Arnold Robert Howard E Dunbar C Tyers Peter D Marshall
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Historic England
Other Person/Org Other people or organisations for this publication or report Other Person/Org:	Historic England (OASIS Reviewer) Cumbria HER (OASIS Reviewer)
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2015
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	Site: Furness Abbey Presbytery County: Cumbria District: Barrow-in-Furness Parish: BARROW IN FURNESS Country: England Grid Reference: 321764, 471931 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods Subjects / Periods associated with this record. Subjects / Periods:	MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WOOD (Find) MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ABBEY (Monus)
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