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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 105123

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Context Information

Context number	105123
Parent context number	105124
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	334 (Ditch), Subgroup number: 1
Land use interpretation	Enclosure (E110)
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 105123
Filename	A14-TEA10-CN105123.pdf (654 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (105075-105209)		PDF	Download

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Sheep/Goat	1	Mandible (1 Fragment)	view More Information on Sheep/Goat Bones in Context 105123 Bone number 18 Unique number assigned to bone: 18 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: MANDIBLE part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 3 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 15 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): L Age of animal [codes: FN = foetal. I = immature. J = juvenile. O = old. SA = senior adult. YA = young adult]: SA 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: Z2 Zoological comment on zones: PHOTO TAKEN; EXTRACTED FOR C14; M2 TAKEN FOR ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; DP2 MISSING, DP3-M2 PRESENT Dental ageing data for bone number 18 Type of species: OVCA Type of bone: MAN Deciduous premolar 4 Grant wear stage: 13 Premolar 4 Grant wear stage: 0 Molar 1 Grant wear stage: 11 Molar 2 Grant wear stage: 7 Molar 3 Grant wear stage: 0 Deciduous premolar 4 Payne wear stage: 12 Premolar 4 Payne wear stage: 0 Molar 1 Payne wear stage: 12 Molar 2 Payne wear stage: 7 Molar 3 Payne wear stage: 0 Comment: PHOTO TAKEN; EXTRACTED FOR C14; M2 TAKEN FOR ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; DP2 MISSING, DP3-M2 PRESENT

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	BONE
Material type	ANIMAL BONE :SHEEP/GOAT
Context description	DATE OF SFB DATE FOR ROMAN "MARCHING CAMP"
General comments	SAMPLE ID: 105123
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	92686 (GU54241)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	1998
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	24
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)	-21.5
Delta 15N (δ15N stable isotope)	6.3
Primary early calibrated date range	-47
Primary late calibrated date range	58
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%