C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-49285

A charred alder twig (Sample T7) from a level of charcoal and large fragments of cremated bone (Context 606C) in the filling of a pit excavated through the centre of the monument. This was associated with body sherds attributed to the Later Bronze Age/ Early Iron Age. The freshness of the cremated bones suggests that they may have been selected from a pyre. However, the low levels of magnetic susceptibility associated with this feature would indicate that any such pyre was located somewhere else. The bones were also associated with a series of stream pebbles, suggesting that the material taken from the pyre might have been washed before it was deposited at Tomnaverie. Because this pit was dug through the deposit of the charcoal and cremated bones associated with the primary use of the site, it is quite possible that its filling contains some residual material.

Canmore ID 17006

Map Number NJ40SE

Site type Recumbent Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Site number 1

NGR 348650 803490

Council 110

County 01

Parish COULL

Lab Analysis ID AA-49285

Material Dated Charcoal (Alnus)

Sponsor HS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 510 bp +/-35

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 1440 +/-35

Delta -26.6

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No