C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SUERC-573

An organic residue (74) on a pot from a compact, brown sandy clay layer 310 which was sealed by slump from a post-occupation phase.

Canmore ID 253

Map Number HU16SE

Site type Leper Colony (18th Century), Stack Site (Period Unassigned)

Site number 2

NGR 418830 1160380

Council 360

County 29

Parish WALLS AND SANDNESS

Lab Analysis ID SUERC-573

Material Dated Pot residue (Null)

Researcher Batey, C

Sponsor Historic Scotland

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 1460 bp +/-50

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 490 +/-50

Delta -26.37

Completed by Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10