Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from the Barn at St Leonard's Grange, Beaulieu, Hampshire
Author(s): Dr Martin Bridge
The current barn is built within the ruins of an earlier medieval barn, which was thought to have been the largest medieval barn in England. It was thought that the present barn may have been built using materials from the original barn, which was destroyed at the time of the Dissolution. No dendrochronological evidence was found to support this hypothesis. Several repairs and alterations are evident in the present structure. A total of seventeen timbers was sampled from various elements. Two groups of cross-matching timbers were identified, one thought to represent the original construction of the present barn, containing four timbers, with a likely felling date range in the period AD 1557-89, the second group representing a period of repair to the present roof, having a likely felling date range of AD 1734-66, including a single timber retaining complete sapwood, which was felled in spring AD 1739.
- Report Number:
- 62/2005
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 24
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
