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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - OxA-9294

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Scottish Radiocarbon Database

OxA-9294

A single grain of barley (ED 295) from Block 17 of the Phase 5 deposits, pre-dating inundation.

Canmore ID 10069

Map Number NF77NW

Site type Causeway (Neolithic), Crannog (Neolithic), Midden(S) (Neolithic), Settlement (Neolithic), Axe (Stone)(Neolithic), Bead (Stone)(Neolithic), Carved Stone Ball(S) (Neolithic), Lithic Implement(S) (Flint)(Neolithic), Lithic Implement(S) (Quartz)(Neolithic), Saddle Quern(S) (Neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (Neolithic)

Site number 3

NGR 74696 875332

Council 410

County 14

Parish NORTH UIST

Lab Analysis ID OxA-9294

Material Dated charred grain (hordeum spp)

Researcher Armit,

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 4600 bp +/-100

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 2650 bc +/-100

Delta -22.336

Completed by Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, England

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10

From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore