Twenty four building timbers were analysed from five properties in a pilot study for dendrochronological investigation in the village of Littley Green, Essex. Only seven timbers could be dated but these were combined to form two relatively long reference chronologies for Essex. The first, a 113-year chronology (LITTLEY1) spans AD1221 - AD1333, and the second, a 302-year chronology (LITTLEY2) spans AD1347 - AD1648. The study illustrates and discusses some problems typically encountered with dendrochronological analysis in the county. Mabbs Farm produced unusually long sequences, and five samples from this building were dated. Two periods of felling AD 1345 - AD 1371 and AD 1556/1557 were identified, based on the sapwood evidence of five timbers. Felling date ranges of AD 1628 - AD 1660 for Oak House and AD 1586 - AD1617 for Fordhams were established, both based on the sapwood evidence of single timbers. The second edition of this report updates a number of aspects of the original report, most important of which are the sapwood estimates.

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Moir, A. K. 2000. Dendrochronological analysis of timbers from five buildings in Littley Green, Essex, England . Tree-Ring Services, Report: LGOO/19/00: 1-27.

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