Dendrochronology: chests are next

A number of ancient wooden church chests are to be analysed for the first time by a tree-ring dating team.

The Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory team aim to date the medieval chests at Mendlesham, Chevington and Earl Stonham churches in Suffolk. . .

The team previously discovered that a Saxon door at Westminster Abbey is the oldest door in Britain.

From the BBC. Dendrochronology has also been used to date panel paintings, musical instruments, and American colonial-era houses.

Posted by David on October 26, 2006 9:19 PM