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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - OxA-10178

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Scottish Radiocarbon Database

OxA-10178

hazel nut shell from CR95/956 from context 1426 level M from the fill of central pit 1430 with hazel nut shells and lithics

Canmore ID 81320

Map Number NT17NE

Site type Kiln (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Pit (Period Unassigned), Bead, Microlith(S), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)

Site number 91

NGR 318990 676970

Council 230

County 19

Parish EDINBURGH (EDINBURGH, CITY OF)

Lab Analysis ID OxA-10178

Material Dated charred hazel nut shell (Corylus avellana)

Researcher Lawson, J

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 9105 bp +/-65

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 7155 bc +/-65

Delta -23.34

Completed by Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, England

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10

From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore