C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-46649

A piece of alder charcoal (Sample 1) from the lower part of a shallow pit (Context Feature 1), below pottery, which in turn was below small stones in the upper surface. These latter may account for the pit's survival on a site with sandy subsoil, in which little appeared to have survived woodland and agriculture.

Canmore ID 28892

Map Number NO14SE

Site type Flake(S) (Flint)(Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Lithic Implement(S) (Flint)(Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Site number 25

NGR 315800 741100

Council 340

County 24

Parish LETHENDY

Lab Analysis ID AA-46649

Material Dated Charcoal (Alnus)

Researcher Barclay & Wickham-Jones 2002

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 4510 bp +/-55

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 2560 bc +/-55

Delta -26.3

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

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10