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Ian
takes a core sample from "The Garth"
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A
total of 47 timbers were selected for tree-ring sampling from
the ten buildings, with 3 cores (from 2 buildings), 4 (from
1 building), 5 (from 5 buildings) or 6 (from 2 buildings) being
taken in each property. To prevent later confusion a single
sample series was used for the entire project, the project samples
are numbered 1-47 inclusive. The sampling attempted to encompass
as wide a range of elements as possible within each building,
where less samples were taken, relatively fewer suitable timbers
were accessible within the structure. Upon analysis a total
of 25 of the samples were found to be datable with between 1
and 5 timbers being dated from every sampled building, this
overall level of success is both unexpectedly good and quite
gratifying. The following sections discuss the results and dendrochronological
interpretation of each sampled building (the buildings are arranged
in alphabetical order of the building name, and are in no geographic,
chronological or other order). |
