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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GU-4215
GU-4215
Burial of articulated body within wooden coffin in Medieval cemetery. It was set into rounded boulders and cut burial 830 which cut burial 832. PROBLEM: As of 2009, the calibration is uncertain because the marine effect varies (Ascough PhD)
Canmore ID 57873
Map Number NT69NE
Site type Priory (13th Century)
Site number 1
NGR 365860 699020
Council 250
County 13
Parish ANSTRUTHER WESTER
Lab Analysis ID GU-4215
Material Dated bone, human (homo sapiens)
Sponsor HS
Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 1040 bp +/-50
Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 910 +/-50
Delta -18.1
From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore
