Pollen stratigraphic data from Abernethy Forest, Scotland, spanning approximately 5500 - 12100 BP (from Birks & Mathews 1978). The data are a list with the following named components: spec Data are percentages of 36 dryland pollen taxa in 49 samples, (ages) core depths and ages for the 49 stratigraphic levels, and (names) codes and full names for the 36 taxa.