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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SUERC-5315
SUERC-5315
A charred barley grain (Sample EWE25) from the fill 170 of pit 169, within which was urn 168. Pit 169 cut into 090 and was sealed by cairn material 024. The carbonised cereal is present in sufficient quantities to suggest deliberate deposition prior to insertion of urn.
Canmore ID 257432
Map Number NT67NE
Site type Cairn (Prehistoric), Cairn (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Cist (Prehistoric), Cist (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Mortuary Enclosure(S) (Neolithic)
Site number 474
NGR 366370 677370
Council 210
County 12
Parish DUNBAR
Lab Analysis ID SUERC-5315
Material Dated Charred Grain (hordeum spp)
Researcher Macgregor, G
Sponsor Historic Scotland
Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3700 bp +/-35
Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1750 bc +/-35
Delta -25.5
Completed by Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Calibration program used OxCal 3.10
From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore
