The Wheat (Black) Barn, Sandon Bury Farm, Sandon, Hertfordshire: Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers
Author(s): Dr Martin Bridge
Twenty-two oak samples were taken from various elements thought likely to be associated with the primary construction of the Wheat Barn. Nineteen series were dated, producing a site chronology of 114 years, dated as spanning the period AD 1152–1265. All dated samples except one retain the heartwood/sapwood boundary. Several timbers retained complete sapwood, though varying amounts were lost during sampling. This allowed a felling date range of c AD 1266–8 to be derived and this is, therefore, the likely construction date of the barn.
- Report Number:
- 15/2015
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 15
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
