C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SUERC-320

A grain of charred barley from Pit 2, cut into the natural gravel 12m from the houses and covered by topsoil. Its fill (504) was layers of orange baked clay and layers of burnt grain. The baked clay contained the burnt remains of wooden stakes, burnt bone, charcoal and pieces of wattle and daub. It has been interpreted as a grain storage/drying pit, which was reused to contain debris cleared from the main site.

Canmore ID 39451

Map Number NR89NW

Site type Settlement (Early Medieval), Settlement (Iron Age)

Site number 11

NGR 182048 697216

Council 130

County 03

Parish KILMARTIN

Lab Analysis ID SUERC-320

Material Dated Charred grain (hordeum spp)

Sponsor HS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2140 bp +/-50

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 190 bc +/-50

Delta -24.34

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No