Virginia

Edward Dromgoole House, Halifax Co, Virginia (36.579373, -77.820030)

Primary House Felling Date:Summer 1796 Summer 1797 Winter 1797/8 Winter 1798/9

Reused Timber Felling Date:Summer 1725

Site Master 1649-1798 (yellow pine) DGVAx1 (t = 12.52 VANC2018; 10.06 rgo2; 9.95 CPZ7x).

Edward Dromgoole House

Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the building was constructed from timbers felled in the summer of 1796, summer of 1797, the winter of 17978 and the winter of 1798/9.

Worthington, M J and Seiter, J I 2018 "The Tree-Ring Dating of Edward Dromgoole House, Halifax Co, Virginia" unpublished Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory archive report 2018/08.

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