C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GU-2040b

Charred hazel nut shells from a lower fill of a truncated pit in a settlement. Same sample as GU-2040a (8560+/-70 BP) recounted as 8490+/- 50 in 1988.

Canmore ID 22202

Map Number NM49NW

Site type Occupation Site (Mesolithic), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)(Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Neolithic)

Site number 3

NGR 140380 799860

Council 270

County 14

Parish SMALL ISLES

Lab Analysis ID GU-2040b

Material Dated charred hazel nut shell (Corylus avellana)

Sponsor HS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 8490 bp +/-70

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 6540 bc +/-70

Delta -25.1

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No