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 285098

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Context Information

Context number 285098
Parent context number 285097
Child context number(s) None
Group number 162 (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 285098
Filename A14-TEA28-CN285098.pdf (113 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)

Human Remains

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

Inhumation details for object 55092


Comments: ANALYSIS MH 20/08/20, VERY FRAG &POOR PRES. TORSO LARGELY DEGRADED, HANDS AND FEET MISSING AND L. TIBIA FIBULA V. FRAG. SUPINE, N-S, HEAD END TO SOUTH. FRAGMENTED SKULL PLACED AT FEET ABOVE L. LOWER LEG. NO EVIDENCE OF CUT MARKS (BONES V. ERODED PM). C2 DENS PRESENT AND BROKEN (FRESH PM DAMAGE) AT SUP % INFER ASPECTS (POSS DUE TO UNDERLYING AM WEAKENING?). FILL [285099] SAMPLES <28614> 5.2G OF FRAGMENTED BONE REASSOICATED. SAMPLED FOR ADNA AND ISOTOPES (TOOTH 14, BONE FRAG 1.0G)
Pathology comments: LEH AT THE M1'S

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