Castle Coole, Northern Ireland - BRIT044 Additional Site Information M.G.L. Baillie and J.R. Pilcher Detrending Method: Negative exponential or linear regression of any slope Purpose of Collection: Climatology - precipitation analyses Samples from the site have been used for isotopic and trace element analysis. Cross sections and cores are located at the Palaeoecology Centre, 42 Fitzwilliam Street, Belfast, BT9 6AX Nothern Ireland. Samples can be examined at this location. Reference: Baillie, M.G.L. 1982. Tree-Ring Dating and Archaeology. Croom Helm, London. COFECHA output: [] DENDROCHRONOLOGY PROGRAM LIBRARY Run COOLE Program COF 11:41 Tue 27 JUL 1999 Page 1 [] [] P R O G R A M C O F E C H A Version 3.00P 23585 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- QUALITY CONTROL AND DATING CHECK OF TREE-RING MEASUREMENTS Title of run: CASTLE COOLE File of DATED series: A:COOLE.TUC CONTENTS: Part 1: Title page, options selected, summary, absent rings by series Part 2: Histogram of time spans Part 3: Master series with sample depth and absent rings by year Part 4: Bar plot of Master Dating Series Part 5: Correlation by segment of each series with Master Part 6: Potential problems: low correlation, divergent year-to-year changes, absent rings, outliers Part 7: Descriptive statistics RUN CONTROL OPTIONS SELECTED VALUE 1 Cubic smoothing spline 50 avelength cutoff for filtering 32 years 2 Segments examined are 50 years lagged successively by 25 years 3 Autoregressive model applied A Residuals are used in master dating series and testing 4 Series transformed to logarithms Y Each series log-transformed for master dating series and testing 5 Critical correlation, 99 onfidence level .3281 6 Master dating series saved N 7 Ring measurements listed N 8 Parts printed 1234567 9 Absent rings included in master series N Time span of Master dating series is 1708 to 1984 277 years Continuous time span is 1708 to 1984 277 years Portion with two or more series is 1716 to 1984 269 years **************************************** *C* Number of dated series 16 *C* *O* Master series 1708 1984 277 yrs *O* *F* Total rings in all series 3417 *F* *E* Total dated rings checked 3409 *E* *C* Series intercorrelation .409 *C* *H* Average mean sensitivity .223 *H* *A* Segments, possible problems 26 *A* **************************************** ABSENT RINGS listed by SERIES: (See Master Dating Series for absent rings listed by year) No ring measurements of zero value PART 2: TIME PLOT OF TREE-RING SERIES: CASTLE COOLE 11:41 Tue 27 JUL 1999 Page 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 Beg End Ident Seq year year Yrs : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : -------- --- ---- ---- ---- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <=========================> . Q 5292 1 1725 1983 259 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<===========> . Q 5293 2 1860 1983 124 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <=======================> . Q 5295 3 1740 1983 244 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <===========================> . Q 5296 4 1708 1983 276 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<==========================> . Q 5297 5 1716 1983 268 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <===============> . Q 5298 6 1823 1983 161 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <==================> . Q 5299 7 1779 1962 184 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <====================> . Q 5300 8 1778 1983 206 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <=======================> . Q 5302 9 1729 1964 236 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<===========> . Q 5307 10 1860 1984 125 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <======================> . Q 5308 11 1753 1984 232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <======================> . Q 5303 12 1756 1981 226 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <=====================> . Q 1130 13 1740 1964 225 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <=====================>. . Q 1131 14 1728 1942 215 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <======================> . Q 68A 15 1734 1967 234 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<===================> . Q 68B 16 1766 1967 202 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: CASTLE COOLE 11:41 Tue 27 JUL 1999 Page 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Correlations of 50-year dated segments, lagged 25 years Flags: A = correlation under .3281 but highest as dated; B = correlation higher at other than dated position Seq Series Time_span 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 Q 5292 1725 1983 .16B .19B .38 .59 .56 .48 .51 .49 .29A .19A 2 Q 5293 1860 1983 .17B .24B .46 .54 .45 3 Q 5295 1740 1983 .27B .36B .42 .34 .36 .46 .49 .53 .47 .48 4 Q 5296 1708 1983 .40 .50 .43 .37 .37 .41 .51 .34 .13B .25B .32B 5 Q 5297 1716 1983 .26B .38 .37 .46 .46 .48 .48 .31A .34 .45 .45 6 Q 5298 1823 1983 .43 .45 .41 .31B .59 .58 .45 7 Q 5299 1779 1962 .33A .52 .49 .45 .22A .20A .28A 8 Q 5300 1778 1983 .20B .53 .68 .62 .38 .39 .43 .42 9 Q 5302 1729 1964 .26B .29A .35 .42 .51 .48 .50 .51 .34 10 Q 5307 1860 1984 .39 .37 .50 .37 .38 11 Q 5308 1753 1984 .31A .55 .57 .52 .43 .46 .43 .33 .44 12 Q 5303 1756 1981 .45 .61 .68 .47 .35 .30A .32A .47 .35 13 Q 1130 1740 1964 .15B .14B .36 .59 .44 .38 .36 .39 .37 14 Q 1131 1728 1942 .37 .53 .53 .48 .44 .46 .46 .49 15 Q 68A 1734 1967 .46 .39 .53 .63 .54 .47 .41 .39 .45 16 Q 68B 1766 1967 .51 .55 .60 .48 .43 .38 .37 .40 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: CASTLE COOLE 11:41 Tue 27 JUL 1999 Page 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Corr //-------- Unfiltered --------\\ //---- Filtered -----\\ No. No. No. with Mean Max Std Auto Mean Max Std Auto AR Seq Series Interval Years Segmt Flags Master msmt msmt dev corr sens value dev corr () --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- 1 Q 5292 1725 1983 259 10 4 .359 1.14 3.31 .641 .823 .228 2.12 .355 -.002 2 2 Q 5293 1860 1983 124 5 2 .322 1.15 3.41 .667 .854 .203 2.10 .419 .033 1 3 Q 5295 1740 1983 244 10 2 .402 .75 1.43 .240 .752 .174 2.10 .428 -.016 1 4 Q 5296 1708 1983 276 11 3 .362 .98 2.87 .450 .830 .192 2.21 .372 .007 1 5 Q 5297 1716 1983 268 11 2 .406 .68 2.35 .429 .929 .191 2.04 .280 -.007 1 6 Q 5298 1823 1983 161 7 1 .431 .91 1.98 .307 .764 .183 2.14 .417 -.012 1 7 Q 5299 1779 1962 184 7 4 .343 .87 2.76 .583 .904 .207 2.07 .270 -.009 1 8 Q 5300 1778 1983 206 8 1 .415 .88 2.81 .535 .878 .213 2.10 .321 .044 1 9 Q 5302 1729 1964 236 9 2 .399 .80 3.87 .704 .868 .297 2.09 .361 .005 1 10 Q 5307 1860 1984 125 5 0 .411 .78 1.84 .298 .733 .217 2.02 .304 .046 1 11 Q 5308 1753 1984 232 9 1 .455 .63 2.27 .360 .924 .169 1.97 .330 -.009 1 12 Q 5303 1756 1981 226 9 2 .447 .59 1.41 .294 .850 .204 2.04 .386 .006 1 13 Q 1130 1740 1964 225 9 2 .346 1.03 2.28 .478 .638 .320 2.04 .367 .041 1 14 Q 1131 1728 1942 215 8 0 .457 .94 2.40 .365 .558 .268 2.14 .382 -.026 2 15 Q 68A 1734 1967 234 9 0 .495 .86 2.25 .378 .678 .275 2.08 .424 .044 1 16 Q 68B 1766 1967 202 8 0 .474 1.11 3.48 .692 .866 .220 2.17 .358 .011 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 3417 135 26 .409 .87 3.87 .463 .805 .223 2.21 .361 .008