In cooperation with the Institute of the RS for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, the Regional office of Novo mesto, 8 barns in Mirna Valley were selected for dendrochronological research. The data on constructional features were described; wood species used determined, and dendrochronological research done. Important parts of the barns (columns, beams, boards, retaining handles) were mostly made of oak wood (Quercus sp.), and rarely out of beech wood (Fagus sylvatica L.). Roofs were made of spruce (Picea abies) or fir wood (Abies alba). Dendrochronological dating was done for all of them, and the years of their origin or renewal were determined. It was proved that the Ramovš's barn on Hom was built in 1840. It was not possible for us to confirm that the year 1879, carved in Luka's barn on Trstenik, was the year of its origin. The last growth rings in parts of Miheln's barn on Rakovnik, dated from 1869 to 1877, show that the object was most probably built after 1877. Končin's barn on Vesela Gora was dated to 1869, while it was probably built after 1882. Boh's barn on Puščava was built after 1870, Simončič's after 1900, Zaplatar's on Mirna after 1882, and Kovačič's after 1885. Ramovš's, Miheln's and Končin's barns are entered in the Slovenian Register of Immovable Cultural Heritage.
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