C14 Radiocarbon Dating - Sample - UtC-1560

Plant fibres over slate fragments which had flaked off the north side slab of a cist in a a rock cut tomb, probably of the same date as plant fibres covering a pile of cremated human bones in the cist. The latter fibres were probably of the sedge and grass families and may have contained arthropod droppings (Tomlinson in Dalland 1999, 392, 397). This date is c. 1000 years later than dates from other material in the tomb.

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-1560

Material Dated Plant (n.i.)

Sponsor HS

Uncalibrated date bp +/- error 2730 bp +/-60

Uncalibrated date ad/bc +/- error 780 bc +/-60

Delta -17.18

Calibration program used No

Calibration curve used No