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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SUERC-2635

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Scottish Radiocarbon Database

SUERC-2635

Carbonised oat grains from an in situ fill 8037 of the fire pit of a kiln, sealed by trample and mixed burnt material and overlying the primary fill of the kiln. The site includes evidence for a Medieval chapel; burials; metalworking debris and a corn-drying kiln

Canmore ID 40268

Map Number NS05NW

Site type Architectural Fragment (Medieval), Burial Ground (Medieval), Chapel (Medieval), Cist(S) (Medieval)

Site number 2

NGR 202372 659635

Council 130

County 07

Parish NORTH BUTE

Lab Analysis ID SUERC-2635

Material Dated Charred grain (avena spp)

Sponsor Sir Robert Smith

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 745 bp +/-35

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 1205 +/-35

Delta -25.4

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No

From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore