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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Index - Lewis, Traigh Na Berie

Scottish Radiocarbon Database

Lab Analysis ID Material Dated Uncalibrated date bp Uncalibrated date bc/ad Calibrated date
GU-4926 charcoal
(Pomoideae)
1580 bp +/-60 ad 370 +/-60 cal AD 340 to 620
GU-4927 charcoal
(pinus)
1700 bp +/-50 ad 250 +/-50 cal AD 210 to 440
GU-4923 charcoal
(Corylus avellana)
1760 bp +/-50 ad 190 +/-50 cal AD 130 to 400
AA-23724 charcoal
()
1650 bp +/-55 ad 300 +/-55 cal AD 250 to 540
AA-23723 charred grain
(hordeum spp)
1595 bp +/-60 ad 355 +/-60 cal AD 260 to 610