Ruthin (2022)

The Ruthin Dendrochronology Project which was funded by the UK Community Renewal Fund/Denbighshire Community Action Project: Approval Reference: P03 and organised by the Dyffryn Clwyd Historic Buildings Group (DCHBG). The project was organised by Helen Williams, the Community Enterprise Officer at Cadwyn Clwyd (Rural Development Agency), and Fiona Gale, Gareth Evans and Heather Williams of the DCHBG. The building interpretation was undertaken by Ross Cook (www.archaeodomus.co.uk). A total of 27 buildings were examined. Seven buildings: were rejected for sampling. Three buildings appeared to have good dendrochronological potential, but sampling was not undertaken. Seventeen buildings were considered to have reasonable dendrochronological potential and were sampled, but two Tr Wynnstay (SJ 1252 5819) and 5 Castle Street (SJ 1237 5821) failed to date. A. K. Moir, 2022, ‘Dendrochronological analysis of oak timbers from fifteen buildings in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales’, TRS Report LLRA/23/22.

Measured tree-ring series from 68 timbers sampled from these fifteen buildings have been used to form a 336-year site chronology called RUTHIN-18, which spans 1399 to 1734. The mean chronology RUTHN-18 is presented below: 

Title : Ruthin – Denbighshire – Wales [RUTHN-18] 

Ring-width QUSP data of 336 years length

Dated AD1399 to AD1734

68 timbers raw data mean

Average ring width 153.14   Sensitivity 0.16

AD1399         219 208  

AD1401 149 213 270 200 245 332 303 282 340 289

254 338 253 329 341 271 282 314 181 301

286 208 287 242 272 261 248 290 229 243

271 314 201 300 291 308 333 281 219 268

294 161 256 225 263 204 179 257 263 190

AD1451 254 227 188 253 198 235 218 207 192 239

195 189 213 151 149 173 179 157 203 221

189 157 139 159 207 151 162 130 143 182

207 185 191 179 183 187 222 154 167 190

156 121 118 145 160 221 153 121 133 148

AD1501 128 120 107 132 132 133 115 112 157 128

130 143 152 135 100 87 101 139 192 142

173 159 137 138 117 135 155 171 145 123

133 100 107 114 128 147 129 130 129 156

147 95 113 128 118 112 88 97 102 114

AD1551 119 82 93 102 136 116 121 120 131 131

127 158 142 122 106 81 91 97 100 120

128 110 125 143 126 105 125 113 131 180

146 116 118 170 200 177 173 152 203 139

126 144 184 194 202 193 179 153 150 139

AD1601 145 145 167 196 169 172 196 156 162 171

163 161 203 128 153 127 109 146 121 160

179 201 156 131 108 121 141 138 159 131

127 155 136 103 142 109 151 190 155 144

169 145 129 120 117 177 133 164 126 140

AD1651 114 115 107 104 145 152 132 118 114 122

120 126 137 139 127 112 77 71 92 97

105 103 131 87 68 45 58 83 54 67

53 69 51 61 57 67 68 74 80 83

121 52 43 51 53 54 71 74 55 65

AD1701 61 68 70 81 61 79 82 94 84 108

136 139 120 82 98 137 148 123 148 129

133 125 107 102 109 137 145 143 134 135

104 101 117 120