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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-53161

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Scottish Radiocarbon Database

AA-53161

One carbonised charred hazel nut shell from the fill of a pit. The pit fill was rich in charcoal and industrial debris and sealed by a sandy silt containing abundant fragments of slate (some inscribed), charcoal and occasional pieces of slag.

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-53161

Material Dated Charred hazel nut shell (Corylus avellana)

Sponsor Sir Robert Smith

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 1450 bp +/-95

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 500 +/-95

Delta -24.8

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No

From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore