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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 107101

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Context Information

Context number	107101
Parent context number	107102
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	230 (Pit Group)
Settlement ?	Brampton West 102
General Period of Feature	Middle-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 107101
Filename	A14-TEA10-CN107101.pdf (105 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (107000-107749)		PDF	Download

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample 0
Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.03g
Animal remains type(s) present	Sheep or Goat
Number of bones large mammals	1
Number of bones medium mammals	3
Number of identifiable epiphyses	1

Sample 10638
Sample number	10638
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.01g
Animal remains type(s) present	Sheep or Goat
Number of bones medium mammals	56
Number of burnt bones	4

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
10638	40	0	Dry	20	view Comments: MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT Specialist comments: ABUNDANT MODERN ROOTS WITH SEEDS, MINERALISED CISTS	view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 10638 (6 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Occasional Comments: WHEAT (TRITICUM SP.) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Moderate Comments: 10X6MM DIFFUSE, AND RING POROUS Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE L MAM Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE MISC Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: MIN MISC Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Moderate Comments: 8X7MMDIFUSE AND RING POROUS

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 10638)
Sample number	10638
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	40
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred grain	1-10
Diversity of charred grain	0
Abundance of charred wood	11-50
Diversity of charred wood	0
Abundance of mineralised miscellaneous	1-10
Diversity of mineralised miscellaneous	0
Comments	BURNT MATERIAL - LOOK FOR BONE AND POTTERY MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT ABUNDANT MODERN ROOTS WITH SEEDS, MINERALISED CISTS

Wet sieving (sample 10638)
Sample number	10638
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	40
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred wood	11-50
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	BURNT MATERIAL - LOOK FOR BONE AND POTTERY MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT ABUNDANT MODERN ROOTS WITH SEEDS, MINERALISED CISTS

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	CHARRED PLANT MACROFOSSIL
Material type	TRITICUM SO.
Context description	DATE FOR LIA CEMETARY
General comments	Sample ID 10638
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	91143 (GU53696)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2235
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	22
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)	-21.2
Primary early calibrated date range	-384
Primary late calibrated date range	-206
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%