C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SUERC-2107

A hazel nut shell (Sample 1141) from a layer of fill 049 in a large pit 050 near to the innermost ring of the Later Neolithic enclosure. This feature produced numerous sherds of Grooved Ware and Beaker pottery. It was cut into natural gravel, and sealed by upper layers of fill. This context represents part of a deliberate backfill containing what seem to be placed deposits of material culture. Backfilling was presumably prompt, and the extensive range of charcoal from the context probably relates to this event.

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-2107

Material Dated Charcoal (Corylus avellana)

Sponsor HS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 4150 bp +/-35

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 2200 bc +/-35

Delta -29.3

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No