Site Event/Activity record ESF21449 - Tree-Ring Analysis, Abbas Hall, Great Cornard

A number of the oaks used in the primary phase of the aisled hall retained complete sapwood, with two samples having bark still present on them. One was felled in the spring of AD 1289, the others in the autumn or winter AD 1289 - 90. This date accords well with stylistic evidence which had suggested a date of construction of the hall in the latter decades of the thirteenth century. A single timber from an inserted floor, thought on stylistic grounds to have been added in the sixteenth century, was felled in AD 1548 - 9. The cross-wing is thought to be sixteenth century, but is thought on architectural grounds to be later than the inserted floor, and therefore would appear to date from the latter half of that century, but was not dated dendrochronologically. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: Related HER No. COG 020 LBS No. 277968 NMR No. 1553676 Project Type: Building Recording Methods and Techniques: Dendrochronological Survey Reason for Investigation: Research Site status: Listed Building Monument Type(s)/Period(s): HALL HOUSE Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): N/A None PROJECT LOCATION Area 200.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL9009740408 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Recipient: National Monuments Record Contents: Survey Media: Report BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF TIMBERS FROM ABBAS HALL, GREAT CORNARD, SUDBURY, SUFFOLK Author(s)/Editor(s): Bridge, M. C. Other Bibliographic Details: 35/2000 Date: 2000 Issuer/Publisher: English Heritage Place of Issue or Publication: Portsmouth Description: A4 bound report of 14pp (ISSN 1749 8775)