C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GU-1405

Human bone from a crouched burial (DB78 SB/3) in the bottom of a pit 70cm from the subsoil surface in the cemetery.

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-1405

Material Dated bone, human (homo sapiens)

Researcher Triscott 1982

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2665 bp +/-165

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 715 bc +/-165

Delta -20.4

Completed by Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10