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C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SUERC-5337
SUERC-5337
A piece of hazel charcoal (Sample EWE46) from the charcoal rich fill 1478 of a pit / post-hole 1479 within a pit / post defined enclosure. Pit 1478 cut into subsoil and was sealed by 002. The carbonised remains are considered to represent portions of a structure comprising oak uprights holding wattle creating an enclosure.
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-5337
Material Dated Charcoal (Corylus avellana)
Researcher Macgregor, G
Sponsor Historic Scotland
Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3950 bp +/-35
Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 2000 bc +/-35
Delta -25.5
Completed by Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Calibration program used OxCal 3.10
From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore
