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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GU-1552

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Scottish Radiocarbon Database

GU-1552

Human bone from an inhumation in the fill (BY 78 Layer 21) of grave 1, in dirty brown sand below wind-blown sand, overlying stones of cairn 1.

Canmore ID 73552

Map Number HY22NW

Site type Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned), Human Remains (Period Unassigned)

Site number 61

NGR 324670 1028060

Council 330

County 22

Parish BIRSAY AND HARRAY

Lab Analysis ID GU-1552

Material Dated bone, human (homo sapiens)

Sponsor HS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 1040 bp +/-60

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 910 +/-60

Delta -23

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No

From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore