I’m a heritage dendrochronologist in Scotland. My consultancy Dendrochronicle undertakes projects in tree-ring dating, archaeology, buildings, cultural wooded landscapes for archaeological, environmental & community bodies. https://dendrochronicle.co.uk/https://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3mpsdrwb7dc2tWent to see the Ruthven Cross on a recent visit to #Dumfries & Galloway. It didn’t disappoint. Wondering if similar monuments were ever made in wood.04 Jul 2026 05:37 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpsdrwb7dc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3mij6kxmjws2jWorkshop announcement - free but booking essential https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/every-timber-tells-a-story-exploring-dendrochronology-in-dunbar-tickets-1985942803385?utm_experiment=test_share_listing02 Apr 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mij6kxmjws2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3mhvjd6mwec2pSpectacular old multi-stem oak at Ericstane near Moffat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in the care of Borders Forest Trust. #woodensday25 Mar 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvjd6mwec2phttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3mhinucmglc24Delighted to have the chance to write this blog for Murray, with a focus on #dendrochronology in and around Stirling [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhinucmglc24https://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3mhfotejxzk26Southwell Minster #adoorablethursday19 Mar 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhfotejxzk26https://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3mhafuo25as2fA skirted ash tree at Achnacarry, Lochaber 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 In parkland and probably formed under grazing pressure #thicktrunktuesday17 Mar 2026 07:05 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhafuo25as2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3mgwjtwmp7c2mSome of my samples from Dalkeith Old Oaks used to build a 450 year long oak chronology for South East #Scotland. Publication imminent. #FindsFriday #dendrochronology13 Mar 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwjtwmp7c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3mgs47lkj2c2xA rather handsome windmill at Seurasaari open air folk museum in Helsinki 🇫🇮 #woodensday11 Mar 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgs47lkj2c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3mgowqkxjdk2tGranny pine at RSPB Abernethy reserve 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 which bears the evidence it was used to make fir candles in the past #thicktrunktuesday10 Mar 2026 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgowqkxjdk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3mgc6ekml4k2xTwin doors at St Machars cathedral, Aberdeen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #AdoorableThursday05 Mar 2026 06:31 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgc6ekml4k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3mg7xc22eok2vThe Vasa ship museum - from a holiday in Stockholm 🇸🇪 a few years ago- highly recommended #woodensday04 Mar 2026 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg7xc22eok2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3mg5clq4pek2uThe mighty Birnam sycamore 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 with me for scale #thicktrunktuesday03 Mar 2026 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5clq4pek2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3mcyox2xwac2vAdorable doorway in Arrecife, Lanzarote. #AdoorableThursday22 Jan 2026 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcyox2xwac2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3mctqyen4js2oRather beautiful oak at Trees for Life’s Dundreggan Rewilding Centre 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 with me for scale. #ThickTrunkTuesday20 Jan 2026 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mctqyen4js2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3mcclmjbeak27Thanks for sharing Mark. I enjoyed being interviewed by Vincent Reed for this podcast. #dendrochronology #Scotland [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jan 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcclmjbeak27https://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3mcc2paquac22A massive multi-stem oak which #Dendrochronology revealed has an early 19th C stem origin date. It looks much older. This is in the wood pasture ‘Dairy Wood’ at Borders Forest Trust’s Corehead estate near Moffat. #ThickTrunkTuesday #treeclub #trees13 Jan 2026 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcc2paquac22https://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3m6thdj37yc2lSt Andrew - on St Andrew’s Day - in St Andrew’s Church, Corbridge, Northumberland #StainedGlassSunday30 Nov 2025 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6thdj37yc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3m6gtmo2rhk2bTwo ancient Sweet chestnut trees near Haddington 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 on a crisp winter day #thicktrunktuesday25 Nov 2025 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6gtmo2rhk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3m5ss4k5hs22gSt Mary’s Haddington 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 has some remarkable medieval oak timbers in the nave roof. My #dendrochronology work there dated them to the early 1400s and revealed them as Baltic baulks from the Gdansk region. #MedievalMonday17 Nov 2025 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ss4k5hs22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3m5q4nkz52s2lSome stunning modern stained glass in The Barony Hall in Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #StainedGlassSunday #Glasgow16 Nov 2025 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5q4nkz52s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3m5dn2m6di22jAn ash with an impressive basal skirt at Achnacarry in the Highlands 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - formed under grazing pressure in long established parkland #thicktrunktuesday #ash #Highlands #Scotland11 Nov 2025 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5dn2m6di22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3m4wyqvesk22vA door within a door at Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire, England #AdoorableThursday06 Nov 2025 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4wyqvesk22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3m4umqygxrk2oThe Carpow logboat on display in Perth Museum 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 It was found in the Tay Estuary near Perth and dates to around 1000 BC, in the Late Bronze Age. #Woodensday #logboat #oak #prehistory #scotland #archaeology05 Nov 2025 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4umqygxrk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/dendrochronicle.bsky.social/post/3m4ryzhwqrk25My latest tree pal, a magnificent oak at Dundreggan Rewilding Centre in the Highlands 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #ThickTrunkTuesday04 Nov 2025 07:26 +0000at://did:plc:mphqcouxlyw5f64barvjf3zf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ryzhwqrk25