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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 106703

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Context Information

Context number	106703
Parent context number	106702
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	45 (Ditch)
Land use interpretation	Road/trackway (R101)
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 106703
Filename	A14-TEA10-CN106703.pdf (693 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (107000-107749)		PDF	Download

Building Material

Fabric	Form	Material	Number of Pieces Recovered and Weight	Fabric Dates	Comments
Cambridgeshire Clay	Unkown	Roman CBM	32 (356g)	1 - 400	view ORANGE, RED & CREAM
Daub	Unkown	Daub	0 (356g)		view ASSESSMENT WEIGHT ONLY. GENERIC DAUB FABRIC CODE.

Flint

Type	Total	Weight	Comments
Flake+Flake Fragments	1	0g	Secondary removal-Post dep damage=fresh
Unassigned	1	0g

Human Remains

Disarticulated human bone

Preservation	Age group	Sex estimate	Comments
Good	Adult	Undetermined	view MODERATELY WELL PRESERVED LEFT ADULT FEMUR FROM AN ADULT OF UNDETERMINED SEX. SEPARATED FROM ANIMAL BONE FROM FILL OF DITCH (10.45) [106702]

Disarticulated bones

Bone number	Bone type	Bone segments	Bone pathology
B68	Femur L	view Bone segment 1: 1 Bone segment 2: 1 Bone segment 3: 1 Bone segment 4: 0 Bone segment 5: 0 Bone segment 6: 0 Bone segment 7: 0 Bone segment 8: 0 Long bone segment note: When an entry is made into the L1 table – in the example entries for a left and right femur – the application validates the entry made. In this case a three character binary array is expected indicating the presence or absence of the proximal, shaft and distal thirds of the bone, e.g. 101, 111, 010, 110, 011.

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	1.081g
Animal remains type(s) present	Pig Dog Sheep or Goat Horse Human
Number of bones large mammals	9
Number of bones medium mammals	75
Number of identifiable epiphyses	5
Number of identifiable mandibles	2
Summary notes	2CATTLE MANDIBLES

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Cattle	4	Innominate (1 Fragment) Metatarsal (1 Distal) Mandible (2 Fragment)	view More Information on Cattle Bones in Context 106703 Bone number 2818 Unique number assigned to bone: 2818 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: INNOMINATE part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 1 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): R 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: Z1 Bone number 2817 Unique number assigned to bone: 2817 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: MANDIBLE part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 5 Number of fragments recovered: 5 Weight (in g): 0 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): R 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: Z1 Z2 Z3 Zoological comment on zones: SHATTERED WITH WORN DP4 Bone number 2810 Unique number assigned to bone: 2810 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: MANDIBLE part of bone present: FRAGMENT Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 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 Z3 Zoological comment on zones: RETAINED FOR ISOTOPES 29.6.21 Dental ageing data for bone number 2810 Type of species: BOS Type of bone: MAN Deciduous premolar 4 Grant wear stage: 0 Premolar 4 Grant wear stage: 0 Molar 1 Grant wear stage: 17 Molar 2 Grant wear stage: 16 Molar 3 Grant wear stage: 15 Deciduous premolar 4 Payne wear stage: 0 Premolar 4 Payne wear stage: 0 Molar 1 Payne wear stage: 0 Molar 2 Payne wear stage: 0 Molar 3 Payne wear stage: 0 Comment: RETAINED FOR ISOTOPES 29.6.21 Bone number 2816 Unique number assigned to bone: 2816 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: METATARSAL part of bone present: DISTAL Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 1 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): R 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: PX BREAK
Dog	1	Femur (1 Proximal)	view More Information on Dog Bones in Context 106703 Bone number 2813 Unique number assigned to bone: 2813 Type of species: DOG Type of bone: FEMUR part of bone present: PROXIMAL Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 3 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 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]: A State of fusion at the proximal end of the bone [codes: F = fused. U = unfused. VO = fused but fuse line open. VC = fused but fuse line closed]: F 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: Z1 Z2 Z3
Horse	1	Femur (1 Fragment)	view More Information on Horse Bones in Context 106703 Bone number 2811 Unique number assigned to bone: 2811 Type of species: HORSE Type of bone: FEMUR part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 4 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 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]: A State of fusion at the proximal end of the bone [codes: F = fused. U = unfused. VO = fused but fuse line open. VC = fused but fuse line closed]: F 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: Z1 Z2 Z3 Z4
Pig	1	Radius (1 Proximal)	view More Information on Pig Bones in Context 106703 Bone number 2812 Unique number assigned to bone: 2812 Type of species: PIG Type of bone: RADIUS part of bone present: PROXIMAL Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 4 Number of fragments recovered: 2 Weight (in g): 0 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): L State of fusion at the proximal end of the bone [codes: F = fused. U = unfused. VO = fused but fuse line open. VC = fused but fuse line closed]: F 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: Z1 Z2 Z3 Z6
Sheep/Goat	2	Radius (1 Shaft) Tibia (1 Shaft)	view More Information on Sheep/Goat Bones in Context 106703 Bone number 2814 Unique number assigned to bone: 2814 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: RADIUS part of bone present: SHAFT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 3 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): R 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: Z3 Bone number 2815 Unique number assigned to bone: 2815 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: TIBIA part of bone present: SHAFT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 2 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): R 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: Z4 Z7 Modification data for bone number 2815 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: Burning Description of fragment/bone: CH TRV MIDS