Welcome to Dendrochronicle, a consultancy led by Dr Coralie Mills, a dendrochronologist and landscape archaeologist, working in Scotland. Read more about Coralie, and her colleagues Peter Quelch and Hamish Darrah on the About pages.
Our services include: tree-ring dating (dendrochronology) for archaeology, historic buildings, trees and wooded landscape projects; woodland heritage assessments and surveys; archaeological wood identifications; ancient wood technology; traditional woodworking demonstrations; provision of workshops in dendrochronology and woodland heritage; talks and guided walks. We can create a bespoke walk or workshop for your event. Please read the FAQs page if you are considering seeking our services. See the Events page for news of forthcoming workshops, etc.
Latest News
ScARF Dendrochronology Framework for Scotland – Published
The new ScARF Dendrochronology Research Framework for Scotland was launched at the ELBAC conference on 16th November 2024. Huge thanks to the ScARF team, and to all the contributors, supporters and funders (FLS & HES). Very much a team effort. …
From Forests to Heritage conference 2024, Helsinki: Scotland represented
Not long back from the From Forests to Heritage conference in Helsinki, hats off to the organisers for an excellent event. There was so much wonderful research to hear about from the other contributors, and so much we can learn …
The Dendrochronicle website brings content on woodland history, archaeology and dendrochronology, mainly in Scotland, including how tree-ring analysis and other complementary approaches can provide insight into the history of our woodlands, our cultural wooded landscapes and our built heritage.
An inter-disciplinary approach combines field evidence with documentary research, especially historic maps, to reveal wooded landscape history and cultural significance. Studies of living trees, deadwood, sub-fossil wood and historic timbers may complement this to tell different strands of the same story, the story of how the form and fate of our woodlands has been shaped by human and natural influences over time, and how understanding their history may help to shape a more wooded future.
