Old Plough Cottage, a very complex and much altered assemblage, was once the Old Plough Inn. Six timbers are dated to established a 171-year site mean chronology (IFIELD-P), spanning AD 1392 - AD 1562. The first build, now entirely surrounded by additions, appears to be a 1½ bay fragment of probably a 3½ bay, dwelling. A felling date range of AD 1576 - AD 1604 produced from two timbers tentatively suggests a date range for the first phase of construction. A total of three timbers, associated with the first phase, cross-match extremely well against a number of reference chronologies established nearby, providing good evidence that these timbers derived from a local source. A substantial jowled post produces a felling date range of AD 1485 - AD 1517. However, the building evidence indicates that this timber is integral to the first phase of construction and therefore it appears likely that this timber has been re-used, possibly from a now unidentifiable earlier build. Two timbers possibly sampled at the heartwood/sapwood boundary produce felling dates ranges slightly predating the first phase, but these timbers do not appear to be locally derived which supports the interpretation that they are stockpiled and/or re-used timbers.

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Moir, A K, 2003 Dendrochronological analysis of timbers from Old Plough Cottage, Ifield, West Sussex, England, Tree-Ring Services, Dendro Rep, IFOP/18/03: 1-26.

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