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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - OxA-3763

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Scottish Radiocarbon Database

OxA-3763

Birch charcoal from the floor of structure 8 of a Grooved Ware settlement. See also OxA-3764 (4400+/- 65 BP) and OxA-3765 (4475+/-70 BP).

Canmore ID 2151

Map Number HY31SW

Site type Settlement (Period Unassigned), Axehead(S) (Stone)(Period Unassigned), Mace (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)(Period Unassigned)

Site number 61

NGR 330760 1012700

Council 330

County 22

Parish STENNESS

Lab Analysis ID OxA-3763

Material Dated charcoal (betula)

Sponsor HS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 4360 bp +/-60

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 2410 bc +/-60

Delta -26.3

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No

From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore