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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 285046

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Context Information

Context number	285046
Parent context number	285045
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	171 (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 285046
Filename	A14-TEA28-CN285046.pdf (113 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Fenstanton Gravels Context Sheets (285001-285399)		PDF	Download

Finds

Small Find Number	Object Type	Material	Period of Find	More Information	Find Photograph
28502	Nail	Iron	Roman	view Find Information for small find number 28502 Object: Nail Accession number: 28502 Material: Iron Material species: Unidentified Species Function: Nails Small find period: Roman Period of stratigraphy: Roman Early date: 0 Late date: 0 Typology: HOBNAIL 2nd typology: M Completeness: C Weight: 2g Count of fragments: 4 Estimated number of vessels represented by this material: 4 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

Human Remains

Inhumations

Preservation	Age group	Sex estimate	Inhumation details
Poor	Unclassified adult (>18 years)	Probable male	view Inhumation details for object 54798 Comments: ANALYSIS MH 15/07/20 FRAGMENTED AND PARTIALLY COMPLETE MISSING SKULL. TORSO POORLY PRESERVED, LOWER VERT APOPHYSEAL FACETS AND NEURAL ARCHES ONLY. NO IDENTIFIABLE CERVICLE VERT TO ID CUT MARKS. INHUMATION WITHIN SHALLOW GRAVE [285045]. GRAVE CUT SHOWS LITTLE ROOM FOR HEAD, POSSIBLY REMOVED PRIOR TO BURIAL. HOB NAILS ASSOCIATED WITH BURIAL F28502. N-S HEAD TO N. 3 X SAMPLE CONTAINING HEAVILY FRAGMENTED BONE; 28617 5G, 28618 24G, 28619 9G 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