C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GX-2781

Charcoal from the top of Layer 3, of four from topsoil to subsoil, in one of several spreads of a white ashy deposit containing flecks of charcoal. The socket for the one remaining upright stone was cut through layer 3 but layer 2 appeared to have accumulated against it.

Canmore ID 44605

Map Number NS58SW

Site type Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric), Stone Row (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Site number 3

NGR 253275 680721

Council 390

County 30

Parish STRATHBLANE (STIRLING)

Lab Analysis ID GX-2781

Material Dated charcoal (Null)

Researcher MacKie 1972, 38-9; RCAHMS 1979, 16

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 4810 bp +/-270

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 2860 bc +/-270

Completed by Geochron Laboratories, USA

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10