SNN115941 - 98A Watling Street East, Towcester, Northamptonshire: Tree-ring dating of Oak Timbers

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Title 98A Watling Street East, Towcester, Northamptonshire: Tree-ring dating of Oak Timbers
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2023
SMR Input Date (use for label searches) 25/01/2023

Abstract/Summary

Twelve samples were taken from various elements in the two roofs and the basement. Two samples had too few rings for further analysis to be carried out, but eight of the remaining samples were dated. These show the two roofs and basement to be broadly coeval, using timbers most likely felled in the AD 1680s and early AD 1690s, with one timber having a precise felling date of winter AD 1689/90.

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Location

WNC Archives and Heritage Service HER Library

Referenced Monuments (1)

  • No.98/98A Watling Street East (Building)

Referenced Events (1)

  • 98A Watling Street East, 2022 (Dendrochronological survey)

Record last edited

Jun 5 2025 8:17PM

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