Site Event/Activity record ESF23606 - Dendrochronological Survey - Church of St Mary Magdalene, Debenham

A number of ex situ samples from the nave roof were identified on-site during recent repair work. Though the timbers were found to have unusually sensitive tree-ring series (ie their year-to-year variations were higher than average), six of the timbers subsequently dated. Only two timbers exhibited a heartwood-sapwood boundary. If all the dated timbers are considered to be a single group of primary timbers, their felling date range of AD 1397 -AD 1409 would suggest that the roof was constructed a little earlier than had been suggested on stylistic grounds. A second site chronology consisting of three timbers failed to date, as did some individual series, though all of these showed similar ring characteristics to the dated samples, strongly suggesting that they might have been contemporaneous with the dated timbers (S1). Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: NMR No. 1600902 Project Type: Building Recording Methods and Techniques: ''''Dendrochronological Survey'''' Reason for Investigation: Research Site status: Listed Building PROJECT LOCATION Area 200 Square metres Grid Reference: TM1744563208 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Recipient: National Monuments Record Contents: 'Survey' Media: 'Report' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF TIMBERS FROM THE CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, DEBENHAM, SUFFOLK Author(s)/Editor(s): Bridge, M. C. Other Bibliographic Details: 43-2001 Date: 2001 Issuer/Publisher: English Heritage Place of Issue or Publication: Portsmouth Description: A4 bound report of 16pp (ISSN 1749 8775)