C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SUERC-2103

A piece of hazel charcoal (Sample 1052 ) from well within the fill 013 of one of the post-holes of the post-defined cursus monument with pre-dates the Late Neolithic enclosure (cut number 040). The posthole was cut into natural gravel. The posts of this structure had all been deliberately burned. It is suggested that the oak charcoal here represents the burnt post stump, and that the hazel was burned in the same episode - possibly brushwood used in burning the upright.

Canmore ID 78925

Map Number NX15NW

Site type Pit Alignment (Prehistoric)(Possible), Pit Defined Cursus (Early Neolithic)

Site number 76

NGR 214967 557461

Council 170

County 33

Parish OLD LUCE

Lab Analysis ID SUERC-2103

Material Dated Charcoal (Corylus avellana)

Sponsor HS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 4890 bp +/-35

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 2940 bc +/-35

Delta -26.3

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No