National Record of the Historic Environment: the Scottish Radiocarbon index (published on Canmore)

The Scottish Radiocarbon index shows the location of archaeological sites in Scotland where radiocarbon dating has been undertaken. The spatial index includes a link to the relevant record on the Canmore database (https://canmore.org.uk/) listing all recorded radiocarbon determinations with hyperlinks leading to individual results.

The database excludes those results that cannot be linked to an identifiable site record in Canmore. It does not represent a complete record of all radiocarbon determinations undertaken across Scotland but is relatively complete up to 2005.

 
Citation proposal
. National Record of the Historic Environment: the Scottish Radiocarbon index (published on Canmore). Historic Environment Scotland https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/7da21b37-875f-4dad-9c09-e7fe99755a15

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Keywords
Keywords
  • Radiocarbon dating
Keywords
  • archaeology
Keywords ( Discipline )
  • archaeological site
Specific usage
The Scottish radiocarbon date index provides a spatial index to archaeological site which have radiocarbon (C14) dates. Canmore (https://canmore.org.uk/).The index does not provide a comprehensive record of Scottish archaeological sites that have been dated using this technique. .

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Reference system identifier
EPSG / OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700) / 7.9
Distribution format
  • Text (2015-06-04 )

Protocol
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
Name
Canmore
Description
Canmore brings together the results of the RCAHMS survey and collections material into one place and combines location information, site details and images on more than 300,000 archaeological, architectural, maritime and industrial sites throughout Scotland.
OnLine resource
Canmore  

The National Record for the Historic Environment

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dataset Dataset
Statement
The Scottish Radiocarbon index is compiled from a range of sources. The original database owed much to a list prepared by Ian Ralston and was updated between 1996 and 2005 by Patrick Ashmore, Historic Scotland. The database was compiled through dates obtained by Historic Scotland and others published in the major journals and some monographs and from 1996 the lists of dates published in Discovery and Excavation in Scotland Publication of annual lists in Discovery and Excavation in Scotland ceased in 2006 and as a result the database has not been systematically updated since.

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7da21b37-875f-4dad-9c09-e7fe99755a15   XML
Metadata language
eng English
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dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-02-10
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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