C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GU-1504

Animal bones from an area of rough cobbling (BH 77/78 BFD 01) which overlay the pebbled surface of the initial Period VII Roadway. The density of animal bones in the vicinity suggest that it was used as a midden.

Canmore ID 58800

Map Number NT77NW

Site type Burial(S) (Iron Age), Cist(S) (Iron Age), Fort (Early Iron Age), Settlement (Early Iron Age)

Site number 16

NGR 370111 677388

Council 210

County 12

Parish DUNBAR

Lab Analysis ID GU-1504

Material Dated bone, animal (Null)

Researcher Hill 1982a, 1982b; Ashmore and Hill 1984, 95

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 1945 bp +/-85

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 5 +/-85

Delta -22.1

Completed by Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10