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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SUERC-18304

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Scottish Radiocarbon Database

SUERC-18304

Cremated human bone of a child (deposit 2) from ashy dark soil at the top of a cist pit fill between the west capstone and a stone at the side of the pit. Fragments of burnt antler, 2 sherds, charcoal and cobbles like those forming the packing between the capstones and the west side of the pit. See SUERC-18302 3610+/35 for an underlying inhumation and SUERC-18303 3325+/-35 for a similarly dated secondary cremation.

Canmore ID 51258

Map Number NT23NE

Site type Cist (Period Unassigned)

Site number 29

NGR 328990 639020

Council 140

County 23

Parish INNERLEITHEN

Lab Analysis ID SUERC-18304

Material Dated bone, human (homo sapiens)

Sponsor NMS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3355 bp +/-30

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1405 bc +/-30

Delta -24.6

From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore