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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 285036

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Context Information

Context number	285036
Parent context number	285036
Child context number(s)	285038 285039 285037 285036
Group number	199 (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 285036
Filename	A14-TEA28-CN285036.pdf (362 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Fenstanton Gravels Context Sheets (285001-285399)		PDF	Download

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	0	0		0		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	0	0		0		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	0	0		0		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

Wet sieving (sample 28628)
Sample number	28628
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	0
Volume flotted (L)	0
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Abundance of mineralised seeds	1-10
Diversity of mineralised seeds	0

Wet sieving (sample 28630)
Sample number	28630
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	0
Volume flotted (L)	0
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0

Context Photographs

	Photograph of east facing relationship slot, facing west. Parent context shown 285036, 285040, 285043. From TEA28. Recorded from the excavations at A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Fenstanton Gravels Landscape Block, Cambridgeshire, England
Photograph of east facing relationship slot, facing west. Parent context shown 285036, 285040, 285043. From TEA28. Recorded from the excavations at A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Fenstanton Gravels Landscape Block, Cambridgeshire, England Photograph of east facing relationship slot, facing west. Parent context shown 285036, 285040, 285043. From TEA28. Recorded from the excavations at A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Fenstanton Gravels Landscape Block, Cambridgeshire, England [DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save file
	Filename	A14-TEA28-PN2806038.jpg (5 MB)	JPG	Info Download

	Photograph of east facing relationship slot, facing west. Parent context shown 285036, 285040, 285043. From TEA28. Recorded from the excavations at A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Fenstanton Gravels Landscape Block, Cambridgeshire, England
Photograph of east facing relationship slot, facing west. Parent context shown 285036, 285040, 285043. From TEA28. Recorded from the excavations at A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Fenstanton Gravels Landscape Block, Cambridgeshire, England Photograph of east facing relationship slot, facing west. Parent context shown 285036, 285040, 285043. From TEA28. Recorded from the excavations at A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Fenstanton Gravels Landscape Block, Cambridgeshire, England [DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save file
	Filename	A14-TEA28-PN2806039.jpg (6 MB)	JPG	Info Download

	Photograph of oblique shot of relationship slot, facing west. Parent context shown 285036, 285040, 285043. From TEA28. Recorded from the excavations at A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Fenstanton Gravels Landscape Block, Cambridgeshire, England
Photograph of oblique shot of relationship slot, facing west. Parent context shown 285036, 285040, 285043. From TEA28. Recorded from the excavations at A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Fenstanton Gravels Landscape Block, Cambridgeshire, England Photograph of oblique shot of relationship slot, facing west. Parent context shown 285036, 285040, 285043. From TEA28. Recorded from the excavations at A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Fenstanton Gravels Landscape Block, Cambridgeshire, England [DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save file
	Filename	A14-TEA28-PN2806040.jpg (6 MB)	JPG	Info Download