Thursday, 9 February 2012

Misleading Dates

On the front of Tudor House is the sign seen below, saying that it was built in 1503. However, the date came from a beam in which the second digit was smudged. Dendrochronological analysis confirms a date within the range 1592 to 1623, so the date is much more likely to be 1603, and its' earliness exaggerated in a bid to be 'the oldest building'.



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