SUERC Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory

Currently, the laboratory carries out age measurements under contract to Historic Scotland, and English Heritage.  It also provides measurements to several national museums, academic staff in a large number of universities worldwide, as well as many UK and European commercial archaeological units.

In addition to its commercial activities, the laboratory is currently involved in a number of research projects including:

• ¹⁴C dating and Stable Isotope Studies around the Mesolithic/Neolithic Transition in the Iron Gates Gorge of the River Danube
• Radiocarbon Dating the Dental Remains from the Prehistoric Souskiou-Laona Cemetery in Cyprus
• Temporal Variations in the UK ¹⁴C marine reservoir effect during the Holocene
• Freshwater ¹⁴C reservoir effects
• Viking Settlement in the North Atlantic
• ¹⁴C dating of food residues on pottery 
• Improved dating of Early Iron Age crannogs by ¹⁴C wiggle matching
• The Fifth International Radiocarbon Inter-comparison Exercise
• The biogeochemistry of anthropogenic ¹⁴C in the Irish Sea
• Measuring the biofuel content in fuels intended for internal combustion engines and in mixed domestic waste
• Source Apportionment of Atmospheric Particulates
• Development of a ³⁴S Measurement Capability for Palaeodietary Interpretation