Aberdeenshire HER - NJ95SW0001 - STRICHEN STONE CIRCLE

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Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Neolithic (4000 - 2500 BC) A100    
Bronze Age (2200 BC - 800 BC) B1002026 BC - 1419 BC   
Iron Age (800 BC - 400 AD) C90891 BC - 210 BC   
Iron Age (800 BC - 400 AD) C100800 BC - 172 BC   

Period Notes

Period Notes Date from a cremation implanted into the prehistoric bank of the circle was 700+/- 160BC (which equals 986 AD - 1617 AD at 2 sigma - check needed to see if RC date is correct). Radiocarbon dates from samples from 1981 excavation: BM-2315R - charcoal from bottom of shallow gully inside RSC - 2460 +/- 130 BP (which equals 891 BC - 210 BC at 2 sigma, revision of earlier determinaton BM-2315); BM-2316R - charcoal from bottom of disturbed area containing cremation of adult female - 3390 +/- 130 BP (which equals 2026 BC - 1419 BC at 2 sigma, revision of earlier determinaton BM-2316R); BM-3317R - charcoal from shallow pit (stone hole) - 2370 +/- 130 BP (which equals 800 BC - 172 BC at 2 sigma, revision of earlier determination BM-2317).

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