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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 380174

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Context Information

Context number	380174
Parent context number	380171
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	48 (Well/Waterhole), Subgroup number: 2
Settlement ?	Bar Hill 5
General Period of Feature	Middle-Late Iron Age
A14 Area	Bar Hill (TEA38)
Associated digital archive	MOLA Headland Infrastructure (2025) A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works at Bar Hill Landscape Block, 2016-2018 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1081250

Context Sheet(s)

Context sheet for context 380174
Filename	A14-TEA38-CN380174.pdf (90 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Bar Hill Context Sheets (380001-380999)		PDF	Download

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	0
State of preservation	GOOD
Weight	0.275g
Animal remains type(s) present	Cattle Pig Sheep or Goat
Number of bones large mammals	4
Number of bones medium mammals	3
Number of identifiable epiphyses	2
Number of identifiable mandibles	1
Summary notes	PIG MANDIBLE

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Sheep/Goat	1	Tibia (1 Distal)	view More Information on Sheep/Goat Bones in Context 380174 Bone number 50 Unique number assigned to bone: 50 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: TIBIA part of bone present: DISTAL Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 2 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 11 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): R State of fusion at the distal end of the bone [codes: F = fused. U = unfused. VO = fused but fuse line open. VC = fused but fuse line closed]: U Bone area(s) These are numbers assigned to areas of a bone that are identifiable to species, skeletal element and body-side even when the bone is heavily fragmented. The allocation of zones to specific bones varies; this system was devised by James Rackham and provides a useful brief description of what part of a bone is present. Contact MOLA specialists for more information: Z7 Zoological comment on zones: PHOTO TAKEN; EXTRACTED FOR C14

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	BONE
Material type	ANIMAL BONE: SHEEP/GOAT
Context description	EARLY ROMAN WATERHOLE (BASEL FILL)
General comments	SAMPLE ID: 380174 SAMPLE FAILED!!
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	(GU54175)
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%