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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GU-1153
GU-1153
Animal bone from a floor deposit (Bu 78.516) in an earth house built into a disused massive roundhouse. Under 1m rubble (l65/ph IIIa). See also GU-1154 (2460+/-80), GU-1152 (2440+/-65) and GU-1228 (2470+/-95) from a similar context; the four dates are not significantly different from each other once their errors have been adjusted to a minimum of +/- 110 C14 years.
Canmore ID 1483
Map Number HY20NE
Site type Broch (Iron Age), Souterrain (Prehistoric)
Site number 11
NGR 326967 1009348
Council 330
County 22
Parish STROMNESS
Lab Analysis ID GU-1153
Material Dated bone, animal (n.i.)
Sponsor HS
Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2545 bp +/-65
Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 595 bc +/-65
Delta -21.4
Calibration program used No
Calibration curve used No
From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore
