Europe, British Isles, South-West England, Wiltshire, Avebury Henge and Stones, Avebury Stone Circles, Avebury Outer Circle Carbon Dates

Avebury Outer Circle Carbon Dates is in Avebury Outer Circle.

Carbon Date. 2130BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: charcoal; from the bottom of stonehole 41 of the outer stone circle, north-west quadrant. Excavated by Keiller in 1937 (Smith 1965).

ID: 15114, C14 ID: HAR 10062 Date BP: 4130 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 4220, End BP: 4040

Abstract: Avebury; 1984-85

Reference Name: Bayliss, A, Hedges, R, Otlet, R, Switsur, R, and Walker, J 2012 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage between 1981 and 1988', Swindon: English Heritage

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

Carbon Date. 2130BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Charcoal, AML 831784, from bottom of Stonehole 41 of main stone circle (NW quadrant) at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Subm M Pitts 1987. Comment (subm): perhaps less reliable than HAR-103276 on bone. [Ed: NGR not given, estimated only.]

ID: 8804, C14 ID: HAR-10062 Date BP: 4130 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 4040, End BP: 4220

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 9, OS North: 69

Archaeologist Name: A Keiller (age 47) 1937

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 34, 1992, 61-2; Proc Prehist Soc, 58, 1992, 203-12; Archaeologia, 84, 1935, 99-162; Smith I, 'Windmill Hill and Avebury' (Oxford, 1965)

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

Carbon Date. 1870BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone, AML 831783, id as pig, from bottom of Stonehole 44 of main stone circle (NW quadrant) at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Subm M Pitts 1987. Comment (subm): perhaps more reliable than HAR-10062 on charcoal. [Ed: NGR not given, estimated only.]

ID: 8813, C14 ID: HAR-10327 Date BP: 3870 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 3780, End BP: 3960

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 9, OS North: 69

Archaeologist Name: A Keiller (age 47) 1937

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 34, 1992, 61-2; Proc Prehist Soc, 58, 1992, 203-12; Archaeologia, 84, 1935, 99-162; Smith I, 'Windmill Hill and Avebury' (Oxford, 1965)

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

Carbon Date. 1870BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: animal bone; from the bottom of stonehole 44 of the outer stone circle, north-west quadrant. Excavated by Keiller in 1937 (Smith 1965).

ID: 15119, C14 ID: HAR 10327 Date BP: 3870 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 3960, End BP: 3780

Abstract: Avebury; 1984-85

Reference Name: Bayliss, A, Hedges, R, Otlet, R, Switsur, R, and Walker, J 2012 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage between 1981 and 1988', Swindon: English Heritage

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

Carbon Date. 430BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: Charcoal, AML 831785, from stakehole on edge of Stonehole 8 of main stone circle (SW quadrant) at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Subm M Pitts 1987. Comment (subm): must be rejected as intrusive. [Ed: NGR not given, estimated only.]

ID: 8803, C14 ID: HAR-10061 Date BP: 2430 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 2360, End BP: 2500

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 9, OS North: 69

Archaeologist Name: A Keiller (age 48) 1938

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 34, 1992, 61-2; Proc Prehist Soc, 58, 1992, 203-12; Archaeologia, 84, 1935, 99-162; Smith I, 'Windmill Hill and Avebury' (Oxford, 1965)

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

Carbon Date. 430BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: charcoal; from stakeholes on the edge of stonehole 8 of the outer stone circle, south-west quadrant. Excavated by Keiller in 1938 (Smith 1965).

ID: 15113, C14 ID: HAR 10061 Date BP: 2430 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 2500, End BP: 2360

Abstract: Avebury; 1984-85

Reference Name: Bayliss, A, Hedges, R, Otlet, R, Switsur, R, and Walker, J 2012 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage between 1981 and 1988', Swindon: English Heritage

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

Carbon Date. 80BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: Charcoal, ref CIRCLE 10, from ash layer in Stonehole 44 of main stone circle (NW quadrant) at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Subm M Pitts 1985. Comment (subm): must be rejected as intrusive. [Ed: NGR not given, estimated only.]

ID: 8814, C14 ID: HAR-9696 Date BP: 2080 +/- 110, Start Date BP: 1970, End BP: 2190

OS Letter: SU, OS East: 9, OS North: 69

Archaeologist Name: A Keiller (age 47) 1937

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 34, 1992, 61-2; Proc Prehist Soc, 58, 1992, 203-12; Archaeologia, 84, 1935, 99-162; Smith I, 'Windmill Hill and Avebury' (Oxford, 1965

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767

Carbon Date. 80BC. Middle Iron Age Carbon Dates

Report: charcoal; from ash layer in stonehole 44 of the outer stone circle, north-west quadrant. Excavated by Keiller in 1937 (Smith 1965).

ID: 15125, C14 ID: HAR 9696 Date BP: 2080 +/- 110, Start Date BP: 2190, End BP: 1970

Abstract: Avebury; 1984-85

Reference Name: Bayliss, A, Hedges, R, Otlet, R, Switsur, R, and Walker, J 2012 'Radiocarbon dates: from samples funded by English Heritage between 1981 and 1988', Swindon: English Heritage

Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767