C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-49291
AA-49291
A charred alder twig (Sample T13) from a level of charcoal and finely mixed cremated bone (Context 602A) on the truncated surface of the hill beneath the monument. There was no buried soil at this point. The extent of this deposit corresponds to an area of enhanced magnetic susceptability, and there is also evidence of burnt stones in the soil thin sections taken at this point. The most likely interpretation is that this was the site of a cremation pyre, from which the more substantial fragments of burnt bone have been removed for deposition elsewhere. The sample was taken where this deposit was sealed by the inner edge of the stone platform/ring cairn and well beyond the area disturbed during the excavation of the secondary pit. The sample was taken from the surface of the bedrock, rather than the buried soil. The freshness of the charcoal and its direct association with the central area of the monument suggest that this material is not residual.
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-49291
Material Dated Charcoal (Alnus)
Sponsor HS
Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2795 bp +/-45
Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 845 bc +/-45
Delta -25.4
Calibration program used No
Calibration curve used No
From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore