C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SUERC-2108

A piece of hazel charcoal (Sample 024 Bag A) from the primary gravel fill 244 of a first-phase post-hole 063 of the inner ring of the Later Neolithic enclosure.. The posthole was cut into the natural gravel, and fill 244 was sealed by later layers of fill. This material is integral to the gravel packing around the post-pipe, and thus was deposited as part of the initial construction of the monument. The oak charcoal in the posthole formed a compact mass, which the excavator considered to represent a plank.

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-2108

Material Dated Charcoal (Corylus avellana)

Sponsor HS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 4025 bp +/-35

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 2075 bc +/-35

Delta -25.3

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No