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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 103163

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Context Information

Context number	103163
Parent context number	103162
Child context number(s)	None
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 103163
Filename	A14-TEA10-CN103163.pdf (82 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (103000-103749)		PDF	Download

Flint

Type	Total	Weight	Comments
Unassigned	1	0g
Burnt Unworked Flint	8	2g

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.049g
Animal remains type(s) present	Sheep or Goat
Number of bones large mammals	1
Number of bones medium mammals	9
Number of burnt bones	2

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Sheep/Goat	1	Tibia (1 Distal Shaft Fragment)	view More Information on Sheep/Goat Bones in Context 103163 Bone number 16 Unique number assigned to bone: 16 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: TIBIA part of bone present: DISTAL SHAFT FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 2 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: Z7 Zoological comment on zones: PHOTO TAKEN; EXTRACTED FOR C14 Modification data for bone number 16 Common or English name of the species: SHEEP/GOAT Code for name of bone: TIB Number of fragments recovered: 1 State of the bone concerned: Gnawing Description of fragment/bone: DIS S SL CAN GN
Strawberry Snail	1	Shell (1 Fragment)	view More Information on Strawberry Snail Bones in Context 103163 Bone number 143 Unique number assigned to bone: 143 Type of species: STRAWBERRY SNAIL Type of bone: SHELL part of bone present: FRAGMENT Number of fragments recovered: 2 Weight (in g): 0 Sieve size used to recover the bone: 1

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
10155	20	0	Dry	20	view Comments: CESS/IRON PAN Specialist comments: MATERIAL LIKELY TO BE IRON PANNING	view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 10155 (2 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: MOLSC FW Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: TWO MOLLUSCS Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: MOLSC FW Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: TWO MOLLUSCS

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	BONE
Material type	SHEEP/GOAT
Context description	DATE OF LIA/RO PITS (TRANSITION)?
General comments	Sample Reference: A14_103163
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	91502 (GU53781)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2056
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	23
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)	-21.4
Delta 15N (δ15N stable isotope)	6.4
Primary early calibrated date range	-163
Primary late calibrated date range	2
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%