C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - TO-7174

Human burial 68/16A supine, oriented east-west with head to west in a cemetery of about 250 graves near a chapel. The calibration after Barrett et al 2000, 6-8 makes allowance for a standard marine effect.PROBLEM: As of 2009, the calibration is uncertain because the marine effect varies (Ascough PhD) but the normal d13C value means any variation would be very small.

Canmore ID 3033

Map Number HY50SE

Site type Burial Ground (Early Medieval), Carved Stone (Pictish), Chapel (10th Century), Lairds House (16th Century), Souterrain(S) (Prehistoric)

Site number 3

NGR 357460 1004130

Council 330

County 22

Parish ST ANDREWS AND DEERNESS

Lab Analysis ID TO-7174

Material Dated bone, human (homo sapiens)

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 1190 bp +/-40

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error ad 760 +/-40

Delta -20.5

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No