C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SUERC-2109

A piece of oak charcoal (Sample 1134) from fill 048 of a large pit 050 cut into natural gravel near to the innermost ring of the Later Neolithic enclosure. This feature produced numerous sherds of Grooved Ware and Beaker pottery. The fill was 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-2109

Material Dated Charcoal (quercus spp)

Sponsor HS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 4175 bp +/-45

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 2225 bc +/-45

Delta -27.3

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No