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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 281505

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Context Information

Context number	281505
Parent context number	281506
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	514 (Ditch)
Land use interpretation	Enclosure (E26)
Settlement ?	Fenstanton Gravels 4
General Period of Feature	Early Roman
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 281505
Filename	A14-TEA28-CN281505.pdf (86 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Fenstanton Gravels Context Sheets (281051-281598)		PDF	Download

Finds

Small Find Number	Object Type	Material	Period of Find	More Information	Find Photograph
28050	Mount (identification uncertain)	Copper Alloy	Roman (100 - 300)	view Find Information for small find number 28050 Object: Mount Object identification uncertain: yes Accession number: 28050 Material: Copper Alloy Material species: Unidentified Species Function: Military equipment Small find period: Roman Period of stratigraphy: Roman Early date: 100 Late date: 300 Typology: BELT MOUNT 2nd typology: INSCRIBED OPENWORK PLATE Description: Incomplete; L (47.3)mm; W 26.3mm; Th plate 1.8mm; Th inc rivet shank 5mm. Copper-alloy military belt plate fragment; flat openwork panel with plain parallel borders flanking openwork inscription with captial letters reading 'BONA'; 'B' end is broken flush with the letter; other end is also damaged but better preserved with part of an elaborate peltate-scroll terminal and retains an integral rivet shank with peened foot on the reverse. For a close parallel from Feldberg of 2nd-3rd C date see Oldenstein 1976, taf 65.847. Completeness: IC Weight: 8g Count of fragments: 1 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	Post excavation photograph of Small Find Number 28050 Post excavation photograph of Small Find Number 28050 [DOWNLOAD] right-click and save link View file information

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
28303	20	0	Dry	20		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 28303 (4 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: MOLSC FW Abundance: Abundant Comments: MOLLUSCS- AT LEAST 3 TYPES Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: MOLSC TR Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE S MAM Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: MOLSC FW Abundance: Occasional