Skara Brae, Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland, British Isles [Map]

Carbon Date. 2470BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone, id as animal, mixed, from occupation on old land surface (Trench II) at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland. [Ed: See calibrations given in third ref below.]

ID: 999, C14 ID: Birm-795 Date BP: 4470 +/- 120, Start Date BP: 4350, End BP: 4590

Abstract: Stone hut settlement and midden

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Clarke D V, 'The Neolithic village at Skara Brae, Orkney, 1972-73 excavations, an interim report' (Edinburgh, HMSO, 1976 Renfrew A C (ed), 'The prehistory of Orkney' (Edinburgh UP, 1985), 264-5; Antiquity, 65, 1991, 808-21 (calibrations)

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. 2430BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone collagen, id as bos longifrons, from Tr 1 Sec B 68B beginning of phase 1 at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland.

ID: 4293, C14 ID: Birm-637 Date BP: 4430 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 4330, End BP: 4530

OS Letter: HY, OS East: 231, OS North: 187

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 16, 1974, 300-1; Radiocarbon, 17, 1975, 266-7; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 264-5; Brit Archaeol Rep, 33, 1976, 239; C Renfrew (ed), The prehistory of Orkney, 1985 [synthesis & calibrn]

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Carbon Date. 2430BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone collagen, id as longifrons, from Tr 1 Sec B 68C beginning of phase 1 at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland.

ID: 4294, C14 ID: Birm-638 Date BP: 4430 +/- 120, Start Date BP: 4310, End BP: 4550

OS Letter: HY, OS East: 231, OS North: 187

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 16, 1974, 300-1; Radiocarbon, 17, 1975, 266-7; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 264-5; Brit Archaeol Rep, 33, 1976, 239; C Renfrew (ed) Prehistory of Orkney, 1985 [synthesis and calibrn]

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Carbon Date. 2400BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone collagen, id as bos longifrons, from Tr 1 Sec B 68D beginning of phase 1 at Skara Brae [Map], Orkney, Scotland.

ID: 4295, C14 ID: Birm-639 Date BP: 4400 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 4300, End BP: 4500

OS Letter: HY, OS East: 231, OS North: 187

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 16, 1974, 300-1; Radiocarbon, 17, 1975, 266-7; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 264-5; Brit Archaeol Rep, 33, 1976, 239; C Renfrew (ed) Prehistory of Orkney, 1985 [synthesis and calibrn]

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. 2370BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone, id as animal, mixed, from end of Phase 1 village (Trench I) at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland. [Ed: See calibrations given in third ref below.]

ID: 991, C14 ID: Birm-790 Date BP: 4370 +/- 150, Start Date BP: 4220, End BP: 4520

Abstract: Stone hut settlement and midden

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Clarke D V, 'The Neolithic village at Skara Brae, Orkney, 1972-73 excavations, an interim report' (Edinburgh, HMSO, 1976 Renfrew A C (ed), 'The prehistory of Orkney' (Edinburgh UP, 1985), 264-5; Antiquity, 65, 1991, 808-21 (calibrations)

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. 2350BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone collagen, id as bos longifrons, from Tr 1 Sec B 68A beginning of phase 1 at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland.

ID: 4296, C14 ID: Birm-636 Date BP: 4350 +/- 130, Start Date BP: 4220, End BP: 4480

OS Letter: HY, OS East: 231, OS North: 187

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 16, 1974, 300-1; Radiocarbon, 17, 1975, 266-7; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 264-5; Brit Archaeol Rep, 33, 1976, 239; C Renfrew (ed), Prehist of Orkney, 1985 [synthesis and calibrn]

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. 2320BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone collagen, id as bos longifrons, from S18B occ on OGS at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland.

ID: 4297, C14 ID: Birm-480 Date BP: 4320 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 4220, End BP: 4420

OS Letter: HY, OS East: 231, OS North: 187

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 16, 1974, 300-1; Radiocarbon, 17, 1975, 266-7; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 264-5; Brit Archaeol Rep, 33, 1976, 239; C Renfrew (ed), Prehist of Orkney, 1985 [synthesis and calibrn]

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. 2310BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone, id as animal, mixed, from end of Phase 1 village (Trench I) at Skara Brae [Map], Orkney, Scotland. [Ed: See calibrations given in third ref below.]

ID: 990, C14 ID: Birm-789 Date BP: 4310 +/- 120, Start Date BP: 4190, End BP: 4430

Abstract: Stone hut settlement and midden

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Clarke D V, 'The Neolithic village at Skara Brae, Orkney, 1972-73 excavations, an interim report' (Edinburgh, HMSO, 1976 Renfrew A C (ed), 'The prehistory of Orkney' (Edinburgh UP, 1985), 264-5; Antiquity, 65, 1991, 808-21 (calibrations)

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. 2290BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone, id as animal, mixed, from end of Phase 1 village (Trench I) at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland. [Ed: See calibrations given in third ref below.]

ID: 992, C14 ID: Birm-791 Date BP: 4290 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 4190, End BP: 4390

Abstract: Stone hut settlement and midden

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Clarke D V, 'The Neolithic village at Skara Brae, Orkney, 1972-73 excavations, an interim report' (Edinburgh, HMSO, 1976 Renfrew A C (ed), 'The prehistory of Orkney' (Edinburgh UP, 1985), 264-5; Antiquity, 65, 1991, 808-21 (calibrations)

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. 2290BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone, id as animal, mixed, from beginning of Phase 2 village (Trench I) at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland. [Ed: See calibrations given in third ref below.]

ID: 995, C14 ID: Birm-788 Date BP: 4290 +/- 120, Start Date BP: 4170, End BP: 4410

Abstract: Stone hut settlement and midden

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Clarke D V, 'The Neolithic village at Skara Brae, Orkney, 1972-73 excavations, an interim report' (Edinburgh, HMSO, 1976 Renfrew A C (ed), 'The prehistory of Orkney' (Edinburgh UP, 1985), 264-5; Antiquity, 65, 1991, 808-21 (calibrations)

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. 2280BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone, id as animal, mixed, from occupation on old land surface (Trench II) at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland. [Ed: See calibrations given in third ref below.]

ID: 998, C14 ID: Birm-794 Date BP: 4280 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 4180, End BP: 4380

Abstract: Stone hut settlement and midden

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Clarke D V, 'The Neolithic village at Skara Brae, Orkney, 1972-73 excavations, an interim report' (Edinburgh, HMSO, 1976 Renfrew A C (ed), 'The prehistory of Orkney' (Edinburgh UP, 1985), 264-5; Antiquity, 65, 1991, 808-21 (calibrations)

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. 2280BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone, id as animal, mixed, from beginning of Phase 2 village (Trench I) at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland. [Ed: See calibrations given in third ref below.]

ID: 993, C14 ID: Birm-786 Date BP: 4280 +/- 120, Start Date BP: 4160, End BP: 4400

Abstract: Stone hut settlement and midden

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Clarke D V, 'The Neolithic village at Skara Brae, Orkney, 1972-73 excavations, an interim report' (Edinburgh, HMSO, 1976 Renfrew A C (ed), 'The prehistory of Orkney' (Edinburgh UP, 1985), 264-5; Antiquity, 65, 1991, 808-21 (calibrations)

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. 2150BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone, id as animal, mixed, from beginning of Phase 2 village (Trench I) at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland. [Ed: See calibrations given in third ref below.]

ID: 994, C14 ID: Birm-787 Date BP: 4150 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 4050, End BP: 4250

Abstract: Stone hut settlement and midden

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Clarke D V, 'The Neolithic village at Skara Brae, Orkney, 1972-73 excavations, an interim report' (Edinburgh, HMSO, 1976 Renfrew A C (ed), 'The prehistory of Orkney' (Edinburgh UP, 1985), 264-5; Antiquity, 65, 1991, 808-21 (calibrations)

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. 2140BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone collagen, id as bos longifrons, from S12B top of waterlogged layer at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland.

ID: 4298, C14 ID: Birm-438 Date BP: 4140 +/- 120, Start Date BP: 4020, End BP: 4260

OS Letter: HY, OS East: 231, OS North: 187

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 16, 1974, 300-1; Radiocarbon, 17, 1975, 266-67; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 264-5; Brit Archaeol Rep, 33, 1976, 239; C Renfrew (ed), Prehist of Orkney, 1985 [synthesis and calibrn]

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. 2060BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone, id as animal, mixed, from base of waterlogged layer in midden deposits at periphery of domestic area (Trench II) at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland. [Ed: See calibrations given in third ref below.]

ID: 997, C14 ID: Birm-793 Date BP: 4060 +/- 130, Start Date BP: 3930, End BP: 4190

Abstract: Stone hut settlement and midden

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Clarke D V, 'The Neolithic village at Skara Brae, Orkney, 1972-73 excavations, an interim report' (Edinburgh, HMSO, 1976 Renfrew A C (ed), 'The prehistory of Orkney' (Edinburgh UP, 1985), 264-5; Antiquity, 65, 1991, 808-21 (calibrations)

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. 2040BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone collagen, id as bos longifrons, from S10B end of phase 2 at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland.

ID: 4299, C14 ID: Birm-436 Date BP: 4040 +/- 110, Start Date BP: 3930, End BP: 4150

OS Letter: HY, OS East: 231, OS North: 187

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 16, 1974, 300-1; Radiocarbon, 17, 1975, 266-7; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 264-5; Brit Archaeol Rep, 33, 1976, 239; C Renfrew (ed), Prehist of Orkney, 1985 [synthesis and calibrn]

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. 2020BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone collagen, id as bos longifrons, from S2B end of phase 2 at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland.

ID: 4300, C14 ID: Birm-434 Date BP: 4020 +/- 110, Start Date BP: 3910, End BP: 4130

OS Letter: HY, OS East: 231, OS North: 187

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 16, 1974, 300-1; Radiocarbon, 17, 1975, 266-7; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 264-5; Brit Archaeol Rep, 33, 1976, 239, 33, 1976; Renfrew (ed), Prehist of Orkney, 1985 [synthesis and calibrn]

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. 1950BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone collagen, id as bos longifrons, from S13A base of waterlogged layer at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland.

ID: 4301, C14 ID: Birm-477 Date BP: 3950 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 3850, End BP: 4050

OS Letter: HY, OS East: 231, OS North: 187

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 16, 1974, 300-1; Radiocarbon, 17, 1975, 266-7; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 264-5; Brit Archaeol Rep, 33, 1976, 239; C Renfrew (ed), Prehist of Orkney, 1985 [synthesis and calibrn]

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. 1900BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone, id as animal, mixed, from top of waterlogged layer in midden deposits at periphery of domestic area (Trench II) at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland. [Ed: See calibrations given in third ref below. Also note, error term given as 110 years in Renfrew ref.]

ID: 996, C14 ID: Birm-792 Date BP: 3900 +/- 120, Start Date BP: 3780, End BP: 4020

Abstract: Stone hut settlement and midden

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Clarke D V, 'The Neolithic village at Skara Brae, Orkney, 1972-73 excavations, an interim report' (Edinburgh, HMSO, 1976 Renfrew A C (ed), 'The prehistory of Orkney' (Edinburgh UP, 1985), 264-5; Antiquity, 65, 1991, 808-21 (calibrations)

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 collagen, id as bos longifrons, from S10A end of phase 2 at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map].

ID: 4302, C14 ID: Birm-435 Date BP: 3870 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 3770, End BP: 3970

OS Letter: HY, OS East: 231, OS North: 187

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 16, 1974, 300-1; Radiocarbon, 17, 1975, 266-7; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 264-5; Brit Archaeol Rep, 33, 1976, 239; Renfrew (ed), Prehist of Orkney, 1985 [synthesis and calibrn]

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. 1850BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone collagen, id as bos longifrons, from S13B base of waterlogged layer at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland.

ID: 4303, C14 ID: Birm-478 Date BP: 3850 +/- 140, Start Date BP: 3710, End BP: 3990

OS Letter: HY, OS East: 231, OS North: 187

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 16, 1974, 300-1; Radiocarbon, 17, 1975, 266-7; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976,264-5; Brit Archaeol Rep, 33, 1976, 239; C Renfrew (ed), Prehist of Orkney, 1985 [synthesis and calibrn]

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. 1830BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone collagen, id as bos longifrons, from S2A end of phase 2 at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland.

ID: 4304, C14 ID: Birm-433 Date BP: 3830 +/- 110, Start Date BP: 3720, End BP: 3940

OS Letter: HY, OS East: 231, OS North: 187

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 16, 1974, 300-1; Radiocarbon, 17, 1975, 266-7; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 264-5; Brit Archaeol Rep, 33, 1976, 239; C Renfrew (ed), Prehist of Orkney, 1985 [synthesis and calibrn]

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. 1780BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates

Report: Bone collagen, id as bos longifrons, from S12A top of waterlogged layer at Skara Brae, Orkney [Map], Scotland.

ID: 4305, C14 ID: Birm-437 Date BP: 3780 +/- 110, Start Date BP: 3670, End BP: 3890

OS Letter: HY, OS East: 231, OS North: 187

Archaeologist Name: D V Clarke

Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 16, 1974, 300-1; Radiocarbon, 17, 1975, 266-7; Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 264-5; Brit Archaeol Rep, 33, 1976, 239; C Renfrew (ed), Prehist of Orkney, 1985 [synthesis and calibrn]

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. 620. Early Medieval

Report: tooth:horse

ID: 6054, C14 ID: OxA-4738 Date BP: 1380 +/- 75, Start Date BP: 1305, End BP: 1455

Abstract: Skara Brae [Map], Orkney, Scotland

Archaeologist Name: Clutton-Brock

Reference Name: Archaeometry 37(2), 1995, 417-430

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