NGR: NG 4910 6852
NMR: NG46NE 19
Canmore: 11349
SCD: 1856
Excavation: R. Miket and A. Saville, 1993-94.
Curation: ?
Burials: MNI: 5+ (2 adults, 3 juveniles).
Finds: Mesolithic stone tools, prehistoric bone and antler tools, copper alloy pin animal bones.
Date: Neolithic (1)
14C: 3885 bp (AA-27743), 4360 bp (OxA-13550), 4405 bp (AA-27744), 4535 bp (OxA-13552), 4650 (OxA-13549) on human bone, 7590 bp (OxA-4994) on bone tool.
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