C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - UtC-1559
UtC-1559
Plant fibres covering inhumations in the NW corner of a cist in a rock cut tomb. The fibres were probably mostly from plants of the grass family but some may have been from a dicotyledonous species (Tomlinson in Dalland 1999, 391-2)
Canmore ID 1689
Map Number HY21NW
Site type Cist (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Cremation(S) (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Inhumation(S) (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Pit (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Cinerary Urn (Bronze Age)
Site number 35
NGR 324220 1019550
Council 330
County 22
Parish SANDWICK
Lab Analysis ID UtC-1559
Material Dated Plant (n.i.)
Sponsor HS
Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 3600 bp +/-60
Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 1650 bc +/-60
Delta -28.66
Calibration program used No
Calibration curve used No
From information compiled by Patrick Ashmore