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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GU-1291
GU-1291
Human bone from a skeleton covered by approximately 15-25cm of sterile sand under the central area of a flat cairn (SWC 1) of beach rubble and pebbles. See also GU-1291B from same sample,1485 +/- 60 BP. Mean is 1510 +/- 41 BP.
Canmore ID 141
Map Number HP60SW
Site type Settlement (Norse)
Site number 9
NGR 461870 1202230
Council 360
County 29
Parish UNST
Lab Analysis ID GU-1291
Material Dated bone, human (homo sapiens)
Researcher Bigelow 1985
Sponsor Historic Scotland
Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 1530 bp +/-55
Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 420 +/-55
Delta -20
Completed by Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Calibration program used OxCal 3.10
From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore
