C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-53706

Fragments of a human rib, longbone and cranium from an inhumed burial (1) on its left side, flexed, with its head to N in an unlined pit 1.5m by 1m in surface extent and 0.5m deep. The pit was unlined and cut through the palisade alignment of the original enclosed settlement.

Canmore ID 58802

Map Number NT77NW

Site type Cist(S) (Prehistoric), Inhumation(S) (Prehistoric), Palisaded Enclosure (Prehistoric), Pit (Prehistoric), Ring Groove House(S) (Prehistoric), Beaker (Pottery)(Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Pottery)(Prehistoric), Knife (Bronze Age), Scraper (Tool) (Prehistoric)

Site number 18

NGR 372380 675470

Council 210

County 12

Parish DUNBAR

Lab Analysis ID AA-53706

Material Dated Bone, human (homo sapiens)

Researcher Dunwell, A J

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2280 bp +/-50

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 330 bc +/-50

Delta -20.6

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

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10