3 and 11–13 Cornmarket, Pontefract, West Yorkshire: Tree-ring Analysis of Oak Timbers
Author(s): Alison Arnold, Robert Howard
Analysis undertaken on samples from 3 and 11–13 Cornmarket resulted in the successful dating of 16 timbers. The front and rear range roofs of 3 Cornmarket are likely to be contemporary, with the timber utilised within them being felled in the ranges AD 1605– 30 and AD 1606–30, respectively. The rear range roof also contains a timber, presumably reused or possibly stockpiled, felled in AD 1587. The crown post from the roof of 11–13 Cornmarket was felled in c AD 1590 with two other timbers, both with a terminus post quem for felling of AD 1556, likely to be coeval with this late sixteenth century felling date. The remaining dated timber from 11–13 Cornmarket has a terminus post quem for felling of AD 1480 and could thus represent either an earlier felling phase or could be a heavily trimmed inner-section of a much longer-lived tree.
- Report Number:
- 74/2015
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 46
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
