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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 282479

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Context Information

Context number	282479
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 282479
Filename	A14-TEA28-CN282479.pdf (294 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Fenstanton Gravels Context Sheets (282425-282724)		PDF	Download

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
11680	-	Fine sandy oxidised ware (FSOX-B)	Roman	view Vessel information for pot no. 11680 Vessel identification number: 9515 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 4 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
13479	5.2-B	Grog-tempered ware (GROG-B)	Roman	view Vessel information for pot no. 13479 Vessel identification number: 12267 Number of fragments recovered: 29 Weight (in g): 180 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 140 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
13480	-	Shell-tempered ware (ROB SH-B)	Roman	view Vessel information for pot no. 13480 Vessel identification number: 12268 Number of fragments recovered: 3 Weight (in g): 46 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

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.036g
Number of bones large mammals	10
Number of bones medium mammals	50
Number of amphibian bones	10
Summary notes	UNID

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Cattle	1	Metacarpal (1 Fragment)	view More Information on Cattle Bones in Context 282479 Bone number 619 Unique number assigned to bone: 619 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: METACARPAL part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 1 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): R State of fusion at the proximal end of the bone [codes: F = fused. U = unfused. VO = fused but fuse line open. VC = fused but fuse line closed]: F Zoological comment on zones: PROX FRAG.
Cattle Size	1	Long Bone Fragment (1 Fragment)	view More Information on Cattle Size Bones in Context 282479 Bone number 620 Unique number assigned to bone: 620 Type of species: CATTLE SIZE Type of bone: LONG BONE FRAGMENT part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 1 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 Zoological comment on zones: D.
Sheep Size	3	Long Bone Fragment (3 Fragment)	view More Information on Sheep Size Bones in Context 282479 Bone number 623 Unique number assigned to bone: 623 Type of species: SHEEP SIZE Type of bone: LONG BONE FRAGMENT part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 1 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 State of fusion at the proximal end of the bone [codes: F = fused. U = unfused. VO = fused but fuse line open. VC = fused but fuse line closed]: U Zoological comment on zones: PART OF FUSION SURFCE PRESENT - NOT SURE IF PROX OR DIS AS DO NOT KNOW ELEMENT. D. Bone number 622 Unique number assigned to bone: 622 Type of species: SHEEP SIZE Type of bone: LONG BONE FRAGMENT part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 1 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 Zoological comment on zones: D. Modification data for bone number 622 Common or English name of the species: SHEEP SIZE Code for name of bone: LBF Number of fragments recovered: 1 State of the bone concerned: Gnawing Description of fragment/bone: F DG 2 Bone number 621 Unique number assigned to bone: 621 Type of species: SHEEP SIZE Type of bone: LONG BONE FRAGMENT part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 1 Number of fragments recovered: 2 Weight (in g): 0 Zoological comment on zones: D.

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
28329	10	0	Dry	10		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 28329 (2 records) Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE MISC Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD MISC Abundance: Occasional

Botany Data

Wet sieving (sample 28329)
Sample number	28329
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	10
Volume flotted (L)	10
Abundance of charred miscellaneous	1-10
Diversity of charred miscellaneous	0
Comments	FILL OF GULLY NOTHING