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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-53160
AA-53160
One carbonised charred hazel nut shell from the fill of a gully forming a boundary between an early cemetery and a metalworking area. Overlain by possible hearth and cut by post-holes and pit; all overlain by root-turbated layer.
Canmore ID 40268
Map Number NS05NW
Site type Architectural Fragment (Medieval), Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval), Cist(S) (Medieval)
Site number 2
NGR 202372 659635
Council 130
County 07
Parish NORTH BUTE
Lab Analysis ID AA-53160
Material Dated Charred hazel nut shell (Corylus avellana)
Sponsor Sir Robert Smith
Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 1310 bp +/-35
Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 640 +/-35
Delta -23.4
Calibration program used No
Calibration curve used No
From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore
