C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - AA-53719

A human femur fragment from partial remains of inhumed burial 14 at the base of an unlined grave pit with a stony fill cut into the palisade trench foundation of the original settlement layout.

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-53719

Material Dated Bone, human (homo sapiens)

Researcher Dunwell, A J

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2365 bp +/-55

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 415 bc +/-55

Delta -20.3

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

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10