Aberdeenshire HER - NO67SW0004 - GREEN CAIRN

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Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Iron Age (800 BC - 400 AD) B100802 BC - 402 BC   
Iron Age (800 BC - 400 AD) D100762 BC - 201 BC   
Iron Age (800 BC - 400 AD) C100391 BC - 52 AD   

Period Notes

Period Notes Burnt timber beam (may be part of rampart) N-1376: 2490 +/-95 BP (which equals 802 BC - 402 BC at 2 sigma), post hole material N-1375: 2340 +/- 95 (which equals 762 BC - 201 BC at 2 sigma), sample of twigs N-1318: 2130 +/-100 BP (which equals 391 BC - 52 AD). HS Radiocarbon database also lists three other radiocarbon samples from Green Cairn, Fettercairn (NGR NO634723): SRR-612 - 400 cal BC to 250 AD; SRR-613 - 400 cal BC to 250 AD; and SRR-614 - 800 to 100 cal BC (these may be from a 1973 excavation?).

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