The Tree-Ring Dating of Bryn Cambric, Chapel Lawn, Clun, Shropshire

Eleven timbers were sampled from the main cruck framed structure of Bryn Cambric, Chapel Lawns, Clun, Shropshire. Nine of the timbers dated and were combined to form a 130-ring site master BRYNCAM, spanning the years AD 1371-1500. Four of the five dated timbers from Bays 1 and 2, and Trusses 1 and 2 retained complete sapwood giving felling dates ranging from winter AD 1499/1500 to summer AD 1501. They are associated with the primary construction phase of this building which has therefore been shown to date to AD 1501 or shortly thereafter. The remaining four timbers are from Bay 3 and Truss 3. Three of these retained heartwood/sapwood boundaries producing date ranges of AD 1487-1517, AD 1501-31, and AD 1511-41. Consequently it has not been possible to determine conclusively whether Truss 3, which has crucks halved from a single tree, is of precisely the same date as the whole-tree crucks with a single later insert, or whether the whole truss is a slightly later addition.