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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 282478

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Context Information

Context number	282478
Parent context number	282477
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	250 (Ditch)
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 282478
Filename	A14-TEA28-CN282478.pdf (284 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Fenstanton Gravels Context Sheets (282425-282724)		PDF	Download

Finds

Small Find Number	Object Type	Material	Period of Find	More Information	Find Photograph
28145	Comb	Antler	Iron Age (-800 - 43)	view Find Information for small find number 28145 Object: Comb Accession number: 28145 Material: Antler Material species: Unidentified Species Function: Manufacture or working of textiles Small find period: Iron Age Period of stratigraphy: Roman Early date: -800 Late date: 43 Typology: LONG-HANDLED Description: Near complete; L 181mm; L butt 20mm; W butt 39.1mm; min W handle 27.8mm; max W handle 41.6mm; L teeth 45mm; max W across teeth 48mm. Antler long-handled comb; one face convex, the other concave with spongy/cancellous tissue; butt has rounded expansion at one side; handle expands evenly from the butt towards the teeth; 11 teeth spaced at 2.3/cm, most broken but all present; incised decoration comprising a triangle with two concave sides on the butt, an elongated double-line saltire on the handle, and double transverse line immediately before the teeth. The form of the butt and the elongated saltire are not seen on any combs figured by Tuohy (1995). Completeness: NC Weight: 71g Count of fragments: 12 Estimated number of vessels represented by this material: 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

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
13477	-	Shell-tempered ware (ROB SH-B)	Roman	view Vessel information for pot no. 13477 Vessel identification number: 12260 Number of fragments recovered: 9 Weight (in g): 78 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 Is pottery worn?: UNWORN Is pottery abraided?: UNABRADED Broad forming method, i.e. wheelmade or hand-built. Designed for use with Iron Age and Roman Pottery only: UNCERTAIN Count of sherds collected from sample: 0
14013	-	Grog-tempered ware (GROG-B)	Roman	view Vessel information for pot no. 14013 Vessel identification number: 15715 Number of fragments recovered: 6 Weight (in g): 48 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 Is pottery worn?: UNWORN Is pottery abraided?: UNABRADED Broad forming method, i.e. wheelmade or hand-built. Designed for use with Iron Age and Roman Pottery only: UNCERTAIN Count of sherds collected from sample: 0
11678	-	Coarse sandy oxidised ware (CSOX-B)	Roman	view Vessel information for pot no. 11678 Vessel identification number: 9513 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 39 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 Is pottery worn?: UNWORN Is pottery abraided?: UNABRADED Broad forming method, i.e. wheelmade or hand-built. Designed for use with Iron Age and Roman Pottery only: UNCERTAIN Count of sherds collected from sample: 0

Building Material

Fabric	Form	Material	Number of Pieces Recovered and Weight	Fabric Dates	Comments
Daub	Unkown	Daub	0 (35g)		view ASSESSMENT: FIRED CLAY/DAUB. WEIGHT ONLY. MIXED FABRICS. RETENT <28329>

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	28329
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.003g
Number of bones medium mammals	10
Number of burnt bones	1
Summary notes	UNID

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
28328	20	0	Dry	20		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 28328 (8 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Moderate Diversity: Low Comments: INDET CEREAL GRAINS Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD MISC Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE L MAM Abundance: Moderate Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE S MAM Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD SEEDS Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: MOLSC TR Abundance: Abundant Diversity: Low Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Abundant Diversity: Low Comments: UP TO 4MM FRGS

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 28328)
Sample number	28328
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred grain	11-50
Diversity of charred grain	1-3 taxa
Abundance of charred seeds	1-10
Diversity of charred seeds	0
Abundance of charred miscellaneous	1-10
Diversity of charred miscellaneous	0
Abundance of charred wood	50+
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF GULLY

Wet sieving (sample 28328)
Sample number	28328
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	FILL OF GULLY

Botany Analysis results

Sample number	English plant species name	Latin plant species name	Plant part	Amount	Estimated/Real	State of preservation	Comments
28328	indeterminate cereal fragments	Cerealia fragments	Seed	20	Estimated	Charred
28328	wild radish	Raphanus raphanistrum L.	Fruit	1	Real	Charred	CAPSULE FRAGMENT
28328	goosefoot etc.	Chenopodium sp.	Seed	1	Real	Charred
28328	redshank	Persicaria cf. maculosa	Seed	1	Real	Charred
28328	dock	Rumex spp.	Fruit	2	Real	Charred
28328	dock	cf. Rumex spp.	Seed	1	Real	Charred
28328	spike-rush	Eleocharis sp.	Seed	1	Real	Charred
28328	sedge	cf. Carex sp.	Seed	1	Real	Charred	TRIGONOUS
28328	oat/brome grasses	Avena/bromus spp.	Seed	2	Real	Charred
28328	-	Indeterminate	Plant Tissue	5	Estimated	Charred