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Tomb of the Eagles is in South Ronaldsay, Orkney Chambered Cairns Unspecified Type.
Unstan Ware is finely decorated early Neolithic Pottery from the 4th Millenium BC and the 3rd Millenium BC; elegant shallow bowls with a groove-pattern around the rim, or undecorated round bottomed bowls. The name is from the Unstan Chambered Cairn [Map] where the pottery was first found in 1884. Unstan Ware is found in tombs: Midhowe Chambered Cairn [Map], Tomb of the Eagles [Map], Taversoe Tuick [Map] as well as farmsteads: Knap of Howar [Map].
Carbon Date. 2480BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as femur, no. 104 from Stall 5, use of chamber at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2978, C14 ID: GU-1182 Date BP: 4480 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 4400, End BP: 4560
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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Carbon Date. 2430BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as tibia, No, 101 from foundation deposit at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2979, C14 ID: GU-1179 Date BP: 4430 +/- 55, Start Date BP: 4375, End BP: 4485
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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Carbon Date. 2420BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as humerus, No. 102 from Stall 4 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2981, C14 ID: GU-1180 Date BP: 4420 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 4330, End BP: 4510
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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Carbon Date. 2420BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as femur, No. 107 from tomb use SC3 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2980, C14 ID: GU-1185 Date BP: 4420 +/- 95, Start Date BP: 4325, End BP: 4515
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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Carbon Date. 2410BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as humerus, No. 103 from ST 4 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2982, C14 ID: GU-1181 Date BP: 4410 +/- 130, Start Date BP: 4280, End BP: 4540
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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Carbon Date. 2375BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as femur, No, 104 from ST 5 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2983, C14 ID: Q-3013 Date BP: 4375 +/- 50, Start Date BP: 4325, End BP: 4425
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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Carbon Date. 2365BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as femur, No. 106 from SC 3 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2984, C14 ID: GU-1184 Date BP: 4365 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 4275, End BP: 4455
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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Carbon Date. 2360BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as femur, No, 107 from SC 3 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2985, C14 ID: Q-3016 Date BP: 4360 +/- 55, Start Date BP: 4305, End BP: 4415
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Carbon Date. 2285BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone, id as deer mandible, No. 109 from hornwork deposit at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2986, C14 ID: Q-3018 Date BP: 4285 +/- 45, Start Date BP: 4240, End BP: 4330
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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Carbon Date. 2260BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as femur, No. 106 from SC 3 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2988, C14 ID: Q-3015 Date BP: 4260 +/- 55, Start Date BP: 4205, End BP: 4315
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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Carbon Date. 2260BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone, id as deer mandible, No 109 from hornwork of cairn at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2987, C14 ID: GU-1190 Date BP: 4260 +/- 55, Start Date BP: 4205, End BP: 4315
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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Carbon Date. 2245BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as tibia, No. 100 from foundation deposit at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2989, C14 ID: GU-1178 Date BP: 4245 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 4145, End BP: 4345
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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Carbon Date. 2040BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as cranium, No. 108 from infilling at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2990, C14 ID: GU-1186 Date BP: 4040 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 3940, End BP: 4140
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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Carbon Date. 2030BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as cranium, No. 108 from infilling at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2991, C14 ID: Q-3017 Date BP: 4030 +/- 50, Start Date BP: 3980, End BP: 4080
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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Carbon Date. 1910BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as femur, No. 105 from ST 5 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2992, C14 ID: GU-1183 Date BP: 3910 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 3830, End BP: 3990
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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Carbon Date. 1830BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as femur, No. 105 from ST 5 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2993, C14 ID: Q-3014 Date BP: 3830 +/- 50, Start Date BP: 3780, End BP: 3880
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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Carbon Date. 1250BC. Late Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as humerus, No. 110 from megalithic cist inserted in hornwork backing at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2994, C14 ID: GU-1187 Date BP: 3250 +/- 55, Start Date BP: 3195, End BP: 3305
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
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
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