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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-25228
AA-25228
Central Ring Cairn. A single piece of hazel charcoal from the surface of the old land surface beneath the core of a previously unrecognised ring cairn on the edge of the Balnuaran of Clava cemetery. There are no traces of burnt material within the excavated sample of the interior of the monument, nor is there any in the modern deposits which cover the surface of the monument.
Canmore ID 14277
Map Number NH74SE
Site type Cup Marked Stone(S) (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Ring Cairn (Bronze Age), Stone Circle (Bronze Age)
Site number 3
NGR 275713 844433
Council 270
County 14
Parish CROY AND DALCROSS (INVERNESS)
Lab Analysis ID AA-25228
Material Dated charcoal (Corylus avellana)
Sponsor HS
Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2770 bp +/-45
Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 820 bc +/-45
Delta -26.4
Calibration program used No
Calibration curve used No
From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore
