C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-46648

A charred barley grain (Sample B) from a deposit of burnt cereal grain (Context 19) overlying a bed of roughly laid flagstones which appears to be stone base of a hearth. sealed by rubble from the collapsed souterrain roof. The barley is interpreted as being charred during deliberate drying of newly harvested grain. The publication quotes the date as GU-9718. See also AA-46647 (1120+/-35) from the same context.

Canmore ID 183018

Map Number NO25SE

Site type Souterrain (Prehistoric)

Site number 55

NGR 327926 750460

Council 340

County 24

Parish ALYTH

Lab Analysis ID AA-46648

Material Dated Charred grain (hordeum spp)

Researcher Coleman, R and Hunter, F 2002

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 1105 bp +/-40

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 845 +/-40

Delta -23.1

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

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10