C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GrA-25637 | Canmore

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Scottish Radiocarbon Database

GrA-25637

Human adult right femur HPWN 664. The sample derives from Cell 3(E), context 1 of a chambered cairn.

Canmore ID 3243

Map Number HY55SW

Site type Chambered Cairn (Neolithic), Inhumation(S) (Neolithic), Bead (Bone)(Neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (Pottery)(Neolithic)

Site number 2

NGR 350444 1052277

Council 330

County 22

Parish PAPA WESTRAY

Lab Analysis ID GrA-25637

Material Dated Bone, human (homo sapiens)

Sponsor HS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 4640 bp +/-40

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 2690 bc +/-40

Delta -20.8

Delta15N relative to air 10

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No

From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore