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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-23723

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Scottish Radiocarbon Database

AA-23723

Charred barley (Sample 171) from context 438 from burnt material in Cell 3, associated with a possible kerbed hearth in a complex Atlantic roundhouse. The context included a broken red bead or counter.

Canmore ID 4100

Map Number NB13NW

Site type Broch (Iron Age), Causeway (Iron Age), Settlement (Pictish), Wheelhouse (Iron Age)

Site number 3

NGR 110348 935171

Council 410

County 26

Parish UIG

Lab Analysis ID AA-23723

Material Dated charred grain (hordeum spp)

Researcher Harding and Gilmore

Sponsor Edinburgh University

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 1595 bp +/-60

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 355 +/-60

Completed by National Science Foundation Radiocarbon Facility University of Arizona, USA

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10

From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore