C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GU-1283

Oak charcoal from an in situ split timber (DB79 SC/1) in the terminal post setting of the outer ring groove of roundhouse 2 sealed below abandonment material.

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 GU-1283

Material Dated charcoal (quercus spp)

Researcher Triscott 1982

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2280 bp +/-55

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 330 bc +/-55

Delta -25

Completed by Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10