Aberdeenshire HER - NJ86NW0001 - CULLYKHAN

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Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Neolithic (4000 - 2500 BC) A100    
Bronze Age (2200 BC - 800 BC) B1002200 BC - 500 BC   
Iron Age (800 BC - 400 AD) C100800 BC - 250 AD   
Post-Roman, period uncertain D100    
Medieval (1100 - 1560 AD) E100    
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD) F100    
Modern (1900 - 2050) G100    
Early Medieval (400 - 900 AD) H90420 AD - 640 AD   
Iron Age (800 BC - 400 AD) C80250 AD - 570 AD   

Period Notes

Period Notes Multi-phase- 500 BC palisaded settlement; 12thC house structure on the Knoll; 13thC castle; 1680 fort with surviving earthen banks; 18thC bowling green; 20thC coastal observation post from the last wars. BM 639 2347 +/- 59 (which equals 750 BC - 210 BC at 2 sigma); BM 443 106 bc +/- 51; BM444 1186bc +/- 60 (1530-1260 cal BC); BM 445 AD317 +/- 40 (250-570 cal AD); BM 446 387 bc +/- 65 (800-200 cal BC). Also a number of dentrochronology samples taken; dates still to come. Rcdating samples: GU-792 wood sample 3107 BP (Err: 303); 2200 - 500 cal BC. BM-639 outer wood of trunk of post-hole of phase I 2347 BP (Err:60) 800-200 cal BC: GU-2094 charcoal Sample 114 on cobbling sealed below rampart 1540 BP (Err: 50); 420-640 cal AD. GU-2095 charcoal Sample 50 from Trench XI layer 5 post-hole above cobbling and sealed by rampart 2110 BP (Err: 50); 360 cal BC - 10 cal AD. GU-2096 charcoal Sample 113 From post-hole 1, sealed under occupation 2010 BP (Err: 90); 350 cal BC - 250 cal AD. GU-2097 charcoal Sample 82 immediately above floor of platform site, sealed below rampart 2290 BP (Err: 60); 520-170 cal BC. GU-2098 charcoal Sample 103 timber raft from within vitrified rampart 2060 BP (Err; 50); 200 cal BC - 60 cal AD.

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