Naming, relocating and dating the woods of Notre-Dame “forest”, first results based on collated data and archaeological surveys of the remains

•A survey in terms of meaning and witness: identify, give a name, and even replace wooden pieces in the original Notre-Dame de Paris's framework using digital resources.•3D restitution is helpful to create precise wood volume estimations.•First results of dendrochronology enable the phasing of the different parts of the Notre-Dame's frameworks.•The relocated remains dating will confirm or overturn archaeological hypothesis and allow wood resources studies.