The results of a short program of landscape, buildings and materials analysis undertaken at Achanduin Castle, Lismore, Scotland (NM 8043 3927) are presented from the pilot phase of the Scottish Medieval Castles & Chapels C14 Project (SMCCCP). The study presents the first independent chronological evidence relating to the construction of this important medieval building, by radiocarbon analysis of a limited assemblage of Mortar-Entrapped Relict Limekiln Fuel (MERLF) fragments. Informed by a wider investigation of structural phasing and sample taphonomy, these measurements are constrained within a series of different Bayesian models, to generate a range of comparative estimates for the building’s constructional chronology. The precision with which the construction of this building can now be dated, from other evidence associated with the site, makes the Achanduin Castle study a useful point of reference for wider materials research.

中文翻译：

---

利斯莫尔 Achanduin 城堡——砂浆夹带的残渣石灰窑燃料的放射性碳分析的参考点

在苏格兰利斯莫尔的 Achanduin 城堡 (NM 8043 3927) 进行的景观、建筑和材料分析短期计划的结果来自苏格兰中世纪城堡和教堂 C14 项目 (SMCCCP) 的试点阶段。该研究通过对有限的迫击炮残留石灰窑燃料 (MERLF) 碎片组合进行放射性碳分析，提供了与这座重要的中世纪建筑的建造有关的第一个独立的时间证据。通过对结构相位和样品埋藏法进行更广泛的调查，这些测量结果被限制在一系列不同的贝叶斯模型中，从而为建筑物的构造年表生成一系列比较估计。从与该地点相关的其他证据来看，现在可以确定这座建筑物的建造日期的精确度，