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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-25221
AA-25221
A single piece of birch charcoal from a shallow scoop occupying most of the central area of the ring cairn. A large quantity of the cremated bone was found within the same feature an comes from a single burial - an adult male. Charcoal was confined to the distribution of the cremated bones and was sealed by a well defined layer of flat slabs. It should represent charcoal from the cremation pyre. See also AA-25219-20
Canmore ID 14198
Map Number NH74NW
Site type Chambered Cairn (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site number 14
NGR 273477 848584
Council 270
County 14
Parish PETTY
Lab Analysis ID AA-25221
Material Dated charcoal (betula)
Sponsor HS
Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2685 bp +/-45
Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 735 bc +/-45
Delta -27.3
Calibration program used No
Calibration curve used No
From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore
