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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GU-2332

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Scottish Radiocarbon Database

GU-2332

Wood from the collapsed lid of a wooden box (coffin KB87: RE 0763) sealed by collapsed deposits and later 16th century building. The sample was cut from a plank which was preserved in waterlogged conditions in a feature in boulder clay.

Canmore ID 1018

Map Number HU44NE

Site type Plough Marks (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)

Site number 5

NGR 445720 1145520

Council 360

County 29

Parish TINGWALL

Lab Analysis ID GU-2332

Material Dated wood (betula)

Researcher Owen and Lowe 1987; 1999, 138-47

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 1060 bp +/-50

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 890 +/-50

Delta -26.4

Completed by Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10

From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore