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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 271057

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Context Information

Context number	271057
Parent context number	271056
Child context number(s)	None
General Period of Feature	Early Iron Age
A14 Area	Fenstanton Gravels (TEA27)
Associated digital archive	MOLA Headland Infrastructure (2025) A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works at Fenstanton Gravels Landscape Block, 2016-2018 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1081254

Context Sheet(s)

Context sheet for context 271057
Filename	A14-TEA27-CN271057.pdf (105 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Fenstanton Gravels Context Sheets (270900-271379)		PDF	Download

Finds

Small Find Number	Object Type	Material	Period of Find	More Information	Find Photograph
27022	Unidentified	Wood	Unknown	view Find Information for small find number 27022 Object: Unidentified Accession number: 27022 Material: Wood Material species: Unidentified Species Function: Unknown or uncertain function test Small find period: Unknown Period of stratigraphy: Iron Age Early date: 0 Late date: 0 Method of recovery: Unrecorded - Default assumption is hand collected Was the object discovered during survey?: 1 Does the object fall under the treasure act?: 0 the object has been discarded?: 0
27024	Unidentified	Wood	Unknown	view Find Information for small find number 27024 Object: Unidentified Accession number: 27024 Material: Wood Material species: Unidentified Species Function: Unknown or uncertain function test Small find period: Unknown Period of stratigraphy: Iron Age Early date: 0 Late date: 0 Method of recovery: Unrecorded - Default assumption is hand collected Was the object discovered during survey?: 1 Does the object fall under the treasure act?: 0 the object has been discarded?: 0
27189	Unidentified	Wood	Unknown	view Find Information for small find number 27189 Object: Unidentified Accession number: 27189 Material: Wood Material species: Unidentified Species Function: Unknown or uncertain function test Small find period: Unknown Period of stratigraphy: Iron Age Early date: 0 Late date: 0 Method of recovery: Unrecorded - Default assumption is hand collected Was the object discovered during survey?: 1 Does the object fall under the treasure act?: 0 the object has been discarded?: 0

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
27073	35	0	Dry	15		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 27073 (2 records) Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 27073)
Sample number	27073
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	35
Volume flotted (L)	15
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	FILL OF POST HOLE

Wet sieving (sample 27073)
Sample number	27073
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	35
Volume flotted (L)	15
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF POST HOLE

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	WOOD
Material type	WATERLOGGED WOOD,
Context description	CONTEXT D"BASE SAYS POSTHOLE FILL OF [271056] - STRUCTURE(?)
General comments	Sample ID 27024
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	75284 (GU45479)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2505
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	34
Primary early calibrated date range	-791
Primary late calibrated date range	-521
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%