Joints in timber framing
The construction of timber-framed buildings and the timber roofs of manor houses and churches has been extensively studied in many areas, especially Essex and the Midlands. There are a large number of different styles of timber joints used, and many of these can be dated from documentary evidence of when various buildings were constructed, enabling some idea of building period to be gained for undocumented buildings. Now, however, dendrochronology is increasingly providing much more exact dates for such structures.