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Dendrochronology
Event ID 1164128
Category Scientific Dating
Type Dendrochronology
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1164128
NT 23618 40487 Two areas of oak timbers in Neidpath Castle were sampled for the SE Scotland Oak Dendrochronology (SESOD) research project, in the upper storey and in the basement ceiling. In the upper storey, analysis showed the common rafter oak roof was built largely with southern Norwegian timber. One of the dated roof timbers had intact sapwood and was felled in the winter of AD 1551–52. Some joists in the upper storey, which are structurally separate from the common rafter roof frames, were dated and are also 16th-century imported material; one in the southern room was felled in Norway in AD 1565. At least some of the joists are re-used and therefore were probably installed well after that date. The ceiling joists in the basement proved to be native oak, a very rare find, and a significant one for SESOD, the objective being to expand the native oak chronology coverage for SE Scotland. The felling dates of AD 1412–13 and 1414–15 for the basement ceiling oak joists date an early construction phase of the present Neidpath Castle, when the dividing timber floor was built into the lowest barrel-vaulted stone structure. The timber is probably local. Full details of these and other SESOD
results will be given in the project publication. See also the SESOD overview (p6).
Archive: NRHE (intended)
Funder: Historic Environment Scotland
Coralie M Mills – Dendrochronicle
(Source: DES Volume 23)
