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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 132325

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Context Information

Context number	132325
Parent context number	132328
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	48 (Pit Cluster), Subgroup number: 4
Settlement ?	Brampton South 2
General Period of Feature	Middle-Late Iron Age
A14 Area	Brampton South (TEA13)
Associated digital archive	MOLA Headland Infrastructure (2025) A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works at Brampton South Landscape Block, 2016-2018 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1081251

Context Sheet(s)

Context sheet for context 132325
Filename	A14-TEA13-CN132325.pdf (103 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton South Context Sheets (132001-132474)		PDF	Download

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
29359	JA10-B	Sand-and-shell fabric, medium (SASHM-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 29359 Vessel identification number: 48308 Number of fragments recovered: 24 Weight (in g): 160 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 100 Does pottery contain a residue?: Y 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: HAND-BUILT Count of sherds collected from sample: 12 Sample sherd weight (in g): 42.0 Comments: BODYSHERDS INCLUDING RIMS OF A JAR WITH SIMPLE ROUNDED SLIGHTLY EVERTED RIM, ALL SHERDS MOST LIKELY SAME VESSEL BUT DIFFICULT TO ASSESS. FRAGMENT OF BASE WITH FOOTRING, MOTTLED COLOUR

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample 0
Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.1g
Animal remains type(s) present	Cattle Sheep or Goat
Number of bones large mammals	9
Number of bones medium mammals	1
Number of identifiable epiphyses	1
Number of bones with butchery marks	2
Number of gnawed bones	2

Sample 13255
Sample number	13255
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.001g
Number of bones medium mammals	16
Number of burnt bones	3

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
13255	20	0	Dry	20	view Comments: SAMPLE POORLY PRESERVED- FEW CEREAL GRAINS- BUT CEREAL WAS RECORDED AS ABUNDANT DURING ASSESSMENT Specialist comments: POTENTIAL FOR ANALYSIS	view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 13255 (5 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD SEEDS Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: CAREX Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Abundant Diversity: Low Comments: UP TO 10MM FRGS Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Abundant Diversity: Low Comments: HORDEUM, TRITICUM Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD MISC Abundance: Moderate Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE MISC Abundance: Occasional

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 13255)
Sample number	13255
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred grain	50+
Diversity of charred grain	1-3 taxa
Abundance of charred seeds	1-10
Diversity of charred seeds	1-3 taxa
Abundance of charred wood	50+
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF PIT - BURNT LAYER SAMPLE POORLY PRESERVED- FEW CEREAL GRAINS- BUT CEREAL WAS RECORDED AS ABUNDANT DURING ASSESSMENT POTENTIAL FOR ANALYSIS

Wet sieving (sample 13255)
Sample number	13255
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred miscellaneous	11-50
Diversity of charred miscellaneous	0
Comments	FILL OF PIT - BURNT LAYER SAMPLE POORLY PRESERVED- FEW CEREAL GRAINS- BUT CEREAL WAS RECORDED AS ABUNDANT DURING ASSESSMENT POTENTIAL FOR ANALYSIS

Botany Analysis results

Sample number	English plant species name	Latin plant species name	Plant part	Amount	Estimated/Real	State of preservation	Comments
13255	wheat	cf. Triticum sp.	Seed	3	Real	Charred	HEAVILY ABRADED, BROKEN GRAINS
13255	6-row barley (hulled)	Hordeum vulgare L.	Seed	2	Real	Charred	BOTH SENT FOR AMS
13255	indet. cereal	Cerealia	Seed	3	Real	Charred
13255	goosefoots/oraches	Chenopodium/atriplex spp.	Seed	17	Real	Charred	UNCHARRED- EXCELLENT PRESERVATION
13255	clover	cf. Trifolium sp.	Seed	1	Real	Charred	VERY POORLY PRESERVED
13255	knotgrass	Polygonum aviculare L.	Seed	1	Real	Charred
13255	pale persicaria	Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) gray	Seed	1	Real	Charred
13255	sheep's sorrel	Rumex acetosella L.	Seed	2	Real	Charred
13255	sedge	Carex sp.	Seed	1	Real	Charred

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	CHARRED SEED
Material type	HORDEUM SP.
Context description	IA PHASES
General comments	Sample ID 13255
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	91456 (GU53709)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2199
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	24
Primary early calibrated date range	-361
Primary late calibrated date range	-198
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%