C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - UB-6876

Human adult? male right femur from floor of north chamber of an Orkney Cromarty chambered tomb. Listed as resembling shaft of a tibia in the typescript Inkster report. A similar date (GrA-770 4010+/-70) was obtained from a bone under a corbel stone of the south chamber. One of 8 ages (as of 2008) ranging from 4645+/-35 to 3720+/-70 BP.

Canmore ID 15376

Map Number NH89SW

Site type Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)

Site number 9

NGR 281770 892650

Council 270

County 31

Parish DORNOCH

Lab Analysis ID UB-6876

Material Dated bone, human (homo sapiens)

Sponsor HS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 4023 bp +/-32

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 2073 bc +/-32

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No