Maryland

Mullen’s Folly, North East, Maryland (39.700932, -75.980701)

Primary House Felling Dates: Spring 1790, Winter 1789/90

Site Master 1644-1789 (white oak) MFMDx1 (t = 7.18 hswews3; 5.65 MCYx2; 5.28 STUBx1). Individual Sample 1722-1789 (white oak) mfmd9 (t = 6.79 BBPAx1; 6.24 ELMD; 6.07 FORES).

Mullen’s Folly is a small log house located on the outskirts of the village of Calvert, Maryland. Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the building was constructed from timbers felled in the winter of 1789/90 and the spring of 1790.

Worthington, M J and Seiter, J I 2023 “The Tree-Ring Dating of Mullen’s Folly, North East, Maryland ” unpublished Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory archive report 2023/02

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