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 281055

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Context Information

Context number 281055
Parent context number 281054
Child context number(s) None
Group number 489 (Structure)
Settlement ? Fenstanton Gravels 4
General Period of Feature Middle-Late Iron Age
A14 Area Fenstanton Gravels (TEA28)
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 281055
Filename A14-TEA28-CN281055.pdf (87 kB) Text
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PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Fenstanton Gravels Context Sheets (281051-281598)

Human Remains

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Environmental Data

Processed samples
Sample number Volume proccessed (L) Volume wet-sieved (L) Type of flotation Volume of flotted material (L) Comments Assessment results
28220 20 0 Dry 20 view

Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 28220 (2 records)


Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving
Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD
Abundance: Moderate
Diversity: Low
Comments: UP TO 8MM FRGS


Sieving/flotation process: Flotation
Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD
Abundance: Abundant
Diversity: Low
Comments: UP TO 10MM FRGS

Botany Data
Flotation (sample 28220)
Sample number 28220
ProcessFlotation
Volume processed (L)20
Volume flotted (L)20
Abundance of charred wood50+
Diversity of charred wood1-3 taxa
CommentsFILL OF TREE BOLE
Wet sieving (sample 28220)
Sample number 28220
ProcessWet sieving
Volume processed (L)20
Volume flotted (L)20
Abundance of charred wood11-50
Diversity of charred wood1-3 taxa
CommentsFILL OF TREE BOLE

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample materialCHARRED WOOD
Material typePOMOIDEAE SP.
Context descriptionDATE FOR VEGETATION CLEARANCE
General commentsSample ID 28220
Laboratory nameSUERC
Laboratory sample code91386 (GU53721)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age2264
Conventional radiocarbon age error range25
Primary early calibrated date range-398
Primary late calibrated date range-211

Context Photographs