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A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works

MOLA Headland Infrastructure, 2020. (updated 2025) https://doi.org/10.5284/1081262.

Context 103160

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Context Information

Context number	103160
Parent context number	103159
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	257 (Ditch)
Land use interpretation	Enclosure (E113)
Settlement ?	Brampton West 102
General Period of Feature	Late Iron Age
A14 Area	Brampton West (TEA10)
Associated digital archive	MOLA Headland Infrastructure (2025) A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works at Brampton West Landscape Block, 2016-2018 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1081252

Context Sheet(s)

Context sheet for context 103160
Filename	A14-TEA10-CN103160.pdf (77 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (103000-103749)		PDF	Download

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.037g
Animal remains type(s) present	Sheep or Goat
Number of bones medium mammals	4

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Sheep/Goat	1	Metatarsal (1 Shaft)	view More Information on Sheep/Goat Bones in Context 103160 Bone number 13 Unique number assigned to bone: 13 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: METATARSAL part of bone present: SHAFT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 4 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 12 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): L Bone area(s) These are numbers assigned to areas of a bone that are identifiable to species, skeletal element and body-side even when the bone is heavily fragmented. The allocation of zones to specific bones varies; this system was devised by James Rackham and provides a useful brief description of what part of a bone is present. Contact MOLA specialists for more information: Z5 Zoological comment on zones: PHOTO TAKEN; EXTRACTED FOR C14

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	BONE
Material type	SHEEP/GOAT
Context description	DATE OF ROMAN FARMSTEAD DITCH
General comments	Sample Refernece: A14_103160
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	91496 (GU53777)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2022
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	23
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)	-21.8
Delta 15N (δ15N stable isotope)	6.5
Primary early calibrated date range	-91
Primary late calibrated date range	-51
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%