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1-4 St Paul's Square, Bedford, Bedfordshire: tree-ring analysis of timbers

Bridge, MC; (2015) 1-4 St Paul's Square, Bedford, Bedfordshire: tree-ring analysis of timbers. (Historic England Research Report Series 26-2015 ). Historic England

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Abstract

Sampling was confined to timbers thought to be associated with the primary phase of construction of 1 St Paul’s Square, the other phases/areas proving unsuitable for dendrochronology. Three of the ten samples taken proved to be elm, but the remaining seven oak samples were successfully dated. The timbers are clearly coeval and have a likely felling date range of AD 1438–59. This indicates that the original two-storeyed jettied building is of mid-fifteenth century origin and shows that at least some of the timbers reused in the extant roof were associated with the primary phase of construction.

Type: Report
Title: 1-4 St Paul's Square, Bedford, Bedfordshire: tree-ring analysis of timbers
Publisher version: http://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx...
Language: English
Keywords: Dendrochronology, Standing Building
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1493588
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