C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - SUERC-6695

A charred barley grain recovered from a shallow rectangular pit at south-end of the site 668.

Canmore ID 145849

Map Number NT17SE

Site type Hospital (Period Unassigned), Office(S) (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Medieval), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)

Site number 145

NGR 316700 672200

Council 230

County 19

Parish EDINBURGH (EDINBURGH, CITY OF)

Lab Analysis ID SUERC-6695

Material Dated charred grain (hordeum spp)

Researcher Morrison, J

Sponsor Royal Bank of Scotland Group

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 260 bp +/-40

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 1690 +/-40

Delta -24.1

Completed by Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre

Calibration program used OxCal 3.10