Site Event/Activity record EEM13982 - 2006-2008: WB - Dunster Castle roof repairs

Removal of lead sheeting and two phases of counterboarding from the roof of Dunster Castle during the Autumn and Winter of 2006 prior to repairs undertaken in 2008, revealed a minimum of six separate roof structures representing c.five phases of roof construction between the 17th and the 20th century. The most significant of these are a flat roof, possibly of three sub-phases, dated to c. AD1611; their conversion into king post trusses in c. AD1728; and the insertion of wrought iron ‘I’ beams in c. 1865-72 probably under the supervision of the architect Anthony Salvin.