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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 310428

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Context Information

Context number	310428
Parent context number	310427
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	18 (Roundhouse), Subgroup number: 1
Land use interpretation	Enclosure (E1)
Settlement ?	Fenstanton Gravels 1
General Period of Feature	Middle-Late Iron Age
A14 Area	Fenstanton Gravels (TEA31)
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 310428
Filename	A14-TEA31-CN310428.pdf (301 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Fenstanton Gravels Context Sheets (310325-310749)		PDF	Download

Flint

Type	Total	Weight	Comments
Flake+Flake Fragments	1	0g

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample 0
Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.094g
Animal remains type(s) present	Cattle
Number of bones large mammals	7
Summary notes	BOS DP4

Sample 31028
Sample number	31028
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.013g
Animal remains type(s) present	Cattle
Number of bones large mammals	1

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
31028	40	0	Dry	20	view Comments: MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT Specialist comments: POSSIBLY INTRUSIVE CARYOPHYLLACEAE	view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 31028 (8 records) Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE MISC Abundance: Moderate Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE S MAM Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD CHAFF Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: GB Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD SEEDS Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: PER MA, RUM, 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 Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: TRI (1) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Moderate Diversity: Low

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 31028)
Sample number	31028
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	40
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred grain	1-10
Diversity of charred grain	1-3 taxa
Abundance of charred chaff	1-10
Diversity of charred chaff	1-3 taxa
Abundance of charred seeds	1-10
Diversity of charred seeds	1-3 taxa
Abundance of charred wood	11-50
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF RING DITCH MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT POSSIBLY INTRUSIVE CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Wet sieving (sample 31028)
Sample number	31028
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	40
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	FILL OF RING DITCH MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT POSSIBLY INTRUSIVE CARYOPHYLLACEAE