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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 285035

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Context Information

Context number	285035
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 285035
Filename	A14-TEA28-CN285035.pdf (89 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Fenstanton Gravels Context Sheets (285001-285399)		PDF	Download

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.001g
Animal remains type(s) present	Sheep or Goat
Number of bones medium mammals	1
Number of bones very small mammals	1

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Sheep/Goat	1	Mandibular Tooth (1 Whole Bone)	view More Information on Sheep/Goat Bones in Context 285035 Bone number 2296 Unique number assigned to bone: 2296 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: MANDIBULAR TOOTH part of bone present: WHOLE BONE Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 5 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): L Dental ageing data for bone number 2296 Type of species: OVCA Type of bone: MNT Deciduous premolar 4 Grant wear stage: 0 Premolar 4 Grant wear stage: 0 Molar 1 Grant wear stage: 15 Molar 2 Grant wear stage: 0 Molar 3 Grant wear stage: 0 Deciduous premolar 4 Payne wear stage: 0 Premolar 4 Payne wear stage: 0 Molar 1 Payne wear stage: 16 Molar 2 Payne wear stage: 0 Molar 3 Payne wear stage: 0

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
28628	20	0	Dry	20	view Comments: MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT Specialist comments: ROOTS	view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 28628 (8 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: INV BEETLES Abundance: Occasional Comments: OCC BEETLE FRAGS Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: MOLSC TR Abundance: Occasional Comments: 2 SNAILS Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE HUMAN Abundance: Abundant Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE S MAM Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: WLG SEEDS Abundance: Occasional Comments: OCC UNCHARRED SEEDS (ATRIPLEX) Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: MIN SEEDS Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Moderate Comments: ONE POSS ID'BLE CHARCOAL FRAG
28629	20	0	Dry	20		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 28629 (6 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Occasional Comments: C 5 CHARRED GRAINS Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD SEEDS Abundance: Occasional Comments: OCC CHARRED SEED (POLYGONACEAE) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: INV BEETLES Abundance: Occasional Comments: OCC BEETLE FRAGS Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE HUMAN Abundance: Abundant Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Comments: 1-2 ID'BLE CHARCOAL FRAGS Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: MOLSC TR Abundance: Occasional Comments: OCC SNAILS
28630	20	0	Dry	20	view Comments: MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT Specialist comments: ROOTS	view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 28630 (7 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Occasional Comments: ONE CHARRED GRAIN (CF TRITICUM AESTIVUM) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD SEEDS Abundance: Occasional Comments: ONE CHARRED SEED (VICIA/LATHYRUS/PISUM) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Moderate Comments: ONE ID'BLE CHARCOAL FRAG Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: MOLSC TR Abundance: Occasional Comments: C 5 SNAILS Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE HUMAN Abundance: Abundant Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE L MAM Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 28628)
Sample number	28628
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred wood	11-50
Diversity of charred wood	0
Abundance of water-logged seeds	1-10
Diversity of water-logged seeds	0
Comments	SKULL AND TORSO AREA OF BURIAL MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT ROOTS

Flotation (sample 28629)
Sample number	28629
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred grain	1-10
Diversity of charred grain	0
Abundance of charred seeds	1-10
Diversity of charred seeds	0
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC AREA OF BURIAL ROOTS

Flotation (sample 28630)
Sample number	28630
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred grain	1-10
Diversity of charred grain	0
Abundance of charred seeds	1-10
Diversity of charred seeds	0
Abundance of charred wood	11-50
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	AREA OF BURIAL AROUND LEGS AND FEET MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT ROOTS