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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 104890

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Context Information

Context number	104890
Parent context number	104891
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	69 (Cremation Burial)
Settlement ?	Brampton West 100
General Period of Feature	Early Roman
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 104890
Filename	A14-TEA10-CN104890.pdf (94 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (104600-105074)		PDF	Download

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
10461	-	Sandy fabric, fine (SAF-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 10461 Vessel identification number: 8076 Number of fragments recovered: 123 Weight (in g): 372 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 Is pottery worn?: UNWORN Is pottery abraided?: MODERATE Broad forming method, i.e. wheelmade or hand-built. Designed for use with Iron Age and Roman Pottery only: WHEELMADE Count of sherds collected from sample: 1 Sample sherd weight (in g): 1.0

Human Remains

Cremation

Sample number	Weight of sample	Type of cremation	Minimum number of individuals	Age group	Sex estimate	Comments
10	0.7g	Unk	1	Undetermined	Undetermined	view ANALYSIS DW 28/08/2020. SMALL BURNT UNDIAGNOSTIC BONE FRAGMENTS. CONTEXT SHEET: BOTH THE FILL AND THE 'URN' WERE GIVEN THE SAME NUMBER (104890). DESCRIBED AS A CREMATION DEPOSIT WHICH LOOKED TO CONTAIN PYRE MATERIAL BUT LITTLE BONE. FOUND WITHIN [104891] CONTAINING CHARCOAL & SMALL AMOUNT OF BONE. RESIDUE (262.6G) 1MM> 1.4G, 1MM< 6.7G, 2MM< 8.8G COMPRISING FINE PEBBLES (SUB ANGULAR, WELL SORTED) & CHARCOAL

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
10451	10	0	Dry	10		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 10451 (3 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Moderate Comments: 8X4MM INCLUDES RING POROUS. Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE HUMAN Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Moderate Comments: 12X12MM RING POROUS,

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 10451)
Sample number	10451
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	10
Volume flotted (L)	10
Abundance of charred wood	11-50
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	CREMATION DECIDUOUS LEAF FRAGMENTS.

Wet sieving (sample 10451)
Sample number	10451
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	10
Volume flotted (L)	10
Abundance of charred wood	11-50
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	CREMATION DECIDUOUS LEAF FRAGMENTS.