Site Event/Activity record ESF21447 - Tree-ring Analysis, Walpole Old Chapel, Halesworth Road

The early phases of this building could not be dated as few timbers contained sufficient numbers of rings and the majority were rejected prior to sampling. A single oak timber from the roof was shown to have been felled in the late-eighteenth century or later. A large circular ?mast' supporting the elm valley-beam was found to be softwood. It has been suggested that it could be re-used from a ship, but further study of its profile is needed to confirm this. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: Related HER No. WLP 013 LBS No. 286148 NMR No. 1553679 Project Type: Building Recording Methods and Techniques: Dendrochronological Survey Reason for Investigation: Research Monument Type(s)/Period(s): FARMHOUSE Post Medieval , CHAPEL Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): N/A None PROJECT LOCATION Area 200.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM373752 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Organisation: University College, London Brief originator: None Design originator: English Heritage Director/Manager: Martin Bridge Supervisor: Martin Bridge DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: English Heritage Contents: Survey Media: Survey PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: National Monuments Record Contents: Survey Media: Survey BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF TIMBERS FROM WALPOLE OLD CHAPEL, WALPOLE, SUFFOLK Author(s)/Editor(s): Bridge, M. C. Other Bibliographic Details: 51/2000 Date: 2000 Issuer/Publisher: English Heritage Place of Issue or Publication: Portsmouth Description: A4 bound report of 12pp (ISSN `749 8775)