C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GrA-26515

Bone apatite from a cremation of a young adult strewn over an earlier inhumation of an adult with wristguard, 5 arrowheads, strike-a-light, iron ore nodule; the excavators' interpretation was that the inhumation was earlier than the cremation, although the cremated remains may have been deposited at same time.3850±40

Canmore ID 14841

Map Number NH79SE

Site type Cist (Period Unassigned), Inhumation (Period Unassigned), Beaker

Site number 18

NGR 279800 890810

Council 270

County 31

Parish DORNOCH

Lab Analysis ID GrA-26515

Material Dated bone, human (homo sapiens)

Sponsor SAS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3850 bp +/-40

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1900 bc +/-40

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No