C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - CAR-253

ANOMALOUS Birch etc charcoal from roundhouse 2 phase 2. PROBLEM: This date is either anomalous or represents charcoal much older than the context in which it was found.

Canmore ID 405

Map Number HU25SE

Site type Field System (Period Unassigned), Kerb Cairn (Prehistoric), Settlement (Period Unassigned)

Site number 26

NGR 425600 1151650

Council 360

County 29

Parish WALLS AND SANDNESS

Lab Analysis ID CAR-253

Material Dated charcoal (betula)

Researcher Whittle et al 1986

Sponsor Cardiff University

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 5050 bp +/-85

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 3100 bc +/-85

Completed by University College Cardiff, Wales

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10