C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GU-1404

Human bone from a crouched burial (DB78 SB/2) in the bottom of an oval pit in a cemetery, 70 cm from subsoil surface.

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-1404

Material Dated bone, human (homo sapiens)

Researcher Triscott 1982

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2400 bp +/-100

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 450 bc +/-100

Delta -21.8

Completed by Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10