Site Event/Activity record ESF21451 - Tree-ring Analysis of Timbers from Wingfield College, Wingfield

Wingfield College was founded in AD 1362, although the date of the extant building is not known with certainty. Three early phases of construction have been hypothesised in recent studies of the building, and it was hoped that dendrochronological study might be able to confirm their veracity and date them more accurately. Unfortunately, most of the trees felled for this building were under fifty years old and only three timbers dated, their felling date range suggesting a period for the construction of the third proposed phase in the early AD 1380s. It is suggested that a programme of tree-ring studies is needed in this region to improve the chances of successful dendrochronological dating in the future. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: LBS No. 280102 Related HER No. WGD 007 NMR No. 1553671 Project Type: Building Recording Methods and Techniques: Dendrochronological Survey Reason for Investigation: Research Site status: Listed Building Monument Type(s)/Period(s): COLLEGE Medieval , MANOR HOUSE Medieval , FARMHOUSE Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): N/A None PROJECT LOCATION Area 200.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM2301576762 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Recipient: National Monuments Record Contents: Survey Media: Report BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF TIMBERS FROM WINGFIELD COLLEGE, WINGFIELD, SUFFOLK Author(s)/Editor(s): Bridge, M. C. Other Bibliographic Details: 7/1999 Date: 1999 Issuer/Publisher: English Heritage Place of Issue or Publication: Portsmouth Description: A4 bound report of 13pp (ISSN 1749 8775)