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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 108414

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Context Information

Context number	108414
Parent context number	108413
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	413 (Cremation Burial)
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

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Flint

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

Slag

Sample Number	Type of Slag	Fragment Count	Weight	Measurements	Comments
10333	Hammer Scale Flake	1	0.4g	Length: 3mm	single bagged flake

Human Remains

Cremation

Sample number	Weight of sample	Type of cremation	Minimum number of individuals	Age group	Sex estimate	Comments
10333	2g	Pit Fill	1	Undetermined	Undetermined	view ANALYSIS MH [108414] FILL OF PIT [108413] (SEE ALSO FILL [108416] SAMPLE <10333> SMALL QUANTITY OF UNDIAGNOSTIC BURNT BONE RESIDUE TOTAL WEIGHT >2MM 425.3G (SMALL STONES, PEA GRIT, OCCASIONAL CHARCOAL FLAKES AND BURNT BONE C.10%

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	10333
State of preservation	POOR
Weight	0.019g
Number of bones large mammals	10
Number of bones medium mammals	31
Summary notes	BATCH 16; UNID LBF/RIB

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
10333	40	0	Dry	20	view Comments: MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT. ANIMAL DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE BURNT. Specialist comments: CHARCOAL OAK, UNABRADED, HEAVILY FRAGMENTED- UP TO 15MM	view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 10333 (2 records) Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Comments: CHARCOAL TO 12MM, Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE MISC Abundance: Occasional

Botany Data

Wet sieving (sample 10333)
Sample number	10333
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	40
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	CREMATION WITH 3 DOGS MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT. ANIMAL DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE BURNT. CHARCOAL OAK, UNABRADED, HEAVILY FRAGMENTED- UP TO 15MM