C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GU-4827

Oak charcoal from L11, a very large posthole, forming part of the wall of a 22m long 7-8m wide timber enclosure, probably of mid-late Neolithic date. The charcoal is from a large sample near the top of the posthole. The material seems either to be 1) the burnt outer part of the post, burnt in situ or 2) a substantial burnt mass on the surface of the site during the rotting of the post.

Canmore ID 71337

Map Number NO14SE

Site type Enclosure (Period Unknown)(Possible), Hollow Way(S) (Period Unknown), Ritual Enclosure (Neolithic), Timber Structure (Neolithic)

Site number 59

NGR 317340 740245

Council 340

County 24

Parish CAPUTH

Lab Analysis ID GU-4827

Material Dated charcoal (quercus spp)

Researcher Barclay & Maxwell 1998, 59

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 4600 bp +/-50

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 2650 bc +/-50

Delta -24.5

Completed by Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10