Scots pine timber predominates in building constructions in Lithuania. Therefore, many site chronologies and several regional chronologies were constructed using pine tree rings from historical constructions.

The first results of a dendrochronological investigation on pine timber excavated during archaeological research of Vilnius Lower Castle were presented during the Eurodendro-2004 conference in Rendsburg (Germany) by Rūtilė Pukienė. A high groundwater level in the territory of Lower Castle served for the preservation of timber constructions (pavements, houses and piles). At the initial stage, pine chronologies dated to AD 1300–1509 and AD 1396–1552 were compiled. In addition, the investigations revealed that mature pines were preferred for construction. Intense archaeological excavations and long-term investigations lead to a construction of a millennium-length pine chronology, which spans from AD 1010–2009.

Pine chronology from rostwerk constructions of the Trakai Castle fore-work spans from AD 1192–1411. The compiled chronology shows high similarity with pine chronologies from Lithuania and Poland, namely Vilnius Lower Castle, Kujawpom, Polpinus and Polskane. In addition, it shows good agreement with chronologies from Latvia (M. Zunde personal communication)

Dating of historical buildings, such as churches, belfries, manors and city halls in different regions of Lithuania, allowed to construct of three pine chronologies for eastern (Vilnius), central (Kaunas) and western (Klaipėda) Lithuania. The chronologies span AD 1487–1996, AD 1427–2019 and AD 1517–2021, respectively. The constructed chronologies show good agreement between each other (t = 10.2–16.1) and high similarity with Belarus chronologies (t = 8.5–13.5).

On the left is a photo of a pine sample from rostwerks of Trakai Castle. Note the bands of narrow, occasionally missing, rings. On the right is a graph of tree-ring widths of pine chronology for central Lithuania.