Please report any queries concerning the funding data grouped in the sections named "Externally Awarded" or "Internally Disbursed" (shown on the profile page) to
your Research Finance Administrator. Your can find your Research Finance Administrator at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/research/rs-contacts.php by entering your department
Please report any queries concerning the student data shown on the profile page to:
Email: portico-services@ucl.ac.uk
Help Desk: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ras/portico/helpdesk
Email: portico-services@ucl.ac.uk
Help Desk: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ras/portico/helpdesk
› More search options
Dr Martin Bridge
G1A
Institute of Archaeology
31-34 Gordon Square
London
WC1H 0PY
Appointment
- Lecturer
- Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square
- Institute of Archaeology
- Faculty of S&HS
Biography
BSc, PhD, FSA
Lecturer in Dendrochronology
Educational Background
1979 BSc in Botany (Bristol)
1983 PhD in Dendrochronology (CNAA)
1992 Cert Teaching in Higher Education (City of London Polytechnic)
Research Summary
Research Interests
Main interests include the use of tree-rings in dating historic timbers and the relationships between tree-rings and various influences on growth, including climate, woodland management and natural pests.
Contract work (mostly for Historic England and County Councils, but also individuals, heritage groups etc.) specialising in the dating of medieval and post-medieval standing buildings and artefacts.
Research Projects
- Dating standing buildings
- Dendrochronological dating of chests
- Dendrochronological dating of early doors
- Dendrochronological dating of post mills
- Dendrochronological dating of the Mary Rose
- Interrogating archaeological data for climatic information
Collaborations
A long-term study on the timbers of the Tudor warship Mary Rose is ongoing with the Mary Rose Trust (Portsmouth), in particular with Christopher Dobbs.
Work carried out with the Auckland University Dendrochronology Laboratory in New Zealand, with Gretel Boswijk, Anthony Fowler and John Ogden.
Recent collaboration with Swansea University (Prof Neil Loader) looking at oxygen isotope assisted dendrochronology in oak, and extending to other species, such as elm.
Regular contract work is undertaken for HE Scientific Dating Section. Over 200 reports on dendrochronological investigations carried out for Historic England (and predecessors) , please contact Martin Bridge for details.
Teaching Summary
Lectures in Dendrochronology
Academic Background
| 1992 | Certificate of Teaching in Higher Education | City of London Polytechnic | |
| 1983 | Doctor of Philosophy | Portsmouth Polytechnic | |
| 1979 | Bachelor of Science | University of Bristol |
