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This resource consists of a database of over 15,000 radiocarbon dates for Great Britain and Ireland, comprehensive until 1982, with some later additions in 1991 and further updated in 2001. It was compiled by Cherry Lavell for the CBA.
In 2007, 477 radiocarbon dates were added by the Scientific Dating Team at English Heritage. The dates come from samples funded by English Heritage under the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund 2002-04.
In 2008, 647 radiocarbon dates were added by the Scientific Dating Team at English Heritage. The dates come from samples funded by English Heritage under the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund 2004-7.
In 2012, 5848 radiocarbon dates were added by the Scientific Dating Team at English Heritage. 2306 dates come from the Gathering Time Project and 3542 are from the Radiocarbon Datelist publications:
The fields included in the current database comprise: