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 285034

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Context Information

Context number 285034
Parent context number 285033
Child context number(s) None
Group number 174 (Inhumation Burial)
Land use interpretation Cemetery (C4)
Settlement ? Fenstanton Gravels 4
General Period of Feature Late 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 285034
Filename A14-TEA28-CN285034.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 (285001-285399)

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number Form Fabric (Fabric Code)   Period   Vessel Information
15574 - Coarse sandy oxidised ware (CSOX-B) Roman view

Vessel information for pot no. 15574

Vessel identification number: 18682
Number of fragments recovered: 1
Weight (in g): 6
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


Human Remains

Inhumations
Preservation Age group Sex estimate Inhumation details
Moderate mature adult (=46 years ) Probable male view

Inhumation details for object 54789


Indication when there are human intrusive remains included with the skeleton: 1
Truncated: 1
Comments: ANALYSED MH 20/07/20 HEAVILY FRAGMENTED AND PARTIALLY COMPLETE INHUMATION. SAMPLE [285034]: 28628 25G, 28629 61G, 28630 35G CONTAINING FRAGMENTED HUMAN BONE REASSOCIATED AT ANALYSIS. INT L. TEMPORAL (MASTOID PROCESS). SKULL HEAVILY CRUSHED AND TORSO VERY DEGRADED. PETROUS BONE SAMPLED FOR ADNA 28/10/20, TOOTH 37 AND RIB FRAGMENT 0.6G SAMPLED FOR ISOTOPE ANALYSIS. SEVERE DENTAL WEAR TO LEFT TEETH, FIRST AND THIRD MANDIBULAR MOLARS.
Pathology comments: NONE

Inhumation pathology
Pathology code Disease Pathology Comments Pathology location(s) ?
1001 Blood Disorders Cribra orbitalia left view

9

1002 Blood Disorders Cribra orbitalia right view

9

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Context Photographs