C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SRR-502

Peat (Sample A) from a basal organic deposit overlying deep silt infill in the N part of the ditch of a henge at c 0.7m depth. See also SRR503 (2320+/-50 BP) for a slightly higher deposit in ditch

Canmore ID 1696

Map Number HY21SE

Site type Henge (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Rune Inscribed Stone (Norse), Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)

Site number 1

NGR 329450 1013350

Council 330

County 22

Parish STENNESS

Lab Analysis ID SRR-502

Material Dated peat (n.i.)

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2210 bp +/-60

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 260 bc +/-60

Delta -28.6

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No