C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GaK-995

Charcoal from a palisaded enclosure. See Spriggs and Anderson 1993 for reservations about the accuracy of many GaK dates measured in the 1970s and 80s.

Canmore ID 42453

Map Number NS37SW

Site type Animal Trap (Modern), Fort (Prehistoric), Palisade(S) (Prehistoric)

Site number 8

NGR 234430 671850

Council 280

County 25

Parish KILMACOLM

Lab Analysis ID GaK-995

Material Dated charcoal (Null)

Researcher Nisbet 1966

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2540 bp +/-40

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 590 bc +/-40

Completed by Gakushuin University, Japan

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10