C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - GrA-27039

Alkaline fraction of cattle skin from the scabbard of a dagger of Gerloff's Butterwick type found in a log coffin containing an inhumation. An anomalously late date (AA-29064 3385+/-45) led to two redatings (see also GrA-27037 3640+/-40 BP). The average of the latter two dates calibrated to 2020-1890 cal BC (Sheridan 2004, 176).

Canmore ID 13393

Map Number NH64NE

Site type Cemetery (Bronze Age), Cropmark(S) (Period Unknown), Enclosure (Period Unknown)(Possible), Pit Alignment (Prehistoric), Food Vessel (Bronze Age)

Site number 40

NGR 269460 845820

Council 270

County 14

Parish INVERNESS AND BONA

Lab Analysis ID GrA-27039

Material Dated animal skin (bos)

Sponsor Groningen

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3565 bp +/-40

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1615 bc +/-40

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No