C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-26977

A single piece of birch from the fill of the ring-ditch round the roundhouse. While the material it contains probably came mostly from the degrading house, the dates from single pieces of charcoal from this context suggest that both Neolithic and Iron Age charcoal had found their way into the ditch fill. This date from a single piece of charcoal is preferred to a bulk date from the same context GU-7285 as a date from the context. The dates AA-26978-9 suggest residual Neolithic charcoal.

Canmore ID 32266

Map Number NO35NW

Site type Roundhouse (Prehistoric)

Site number 37

NGR 334950 755980

Council 120

County 02

Parish KIRRIEMUIR

Lab Analysis ID AA-26977

Material Dated charcoal (betula)

Researcher Rees 1998

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 1805 bp +/-45

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 145 +/-45

Delta -26.1

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

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10