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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 381772

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Context Information

Context number	381772
Parent context number	381771
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	176 (Ditch)
Settlement ?	Bar Hill 5
General Period of Feature	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 381772
Filename	A14-TEA38-CN381772.pdf (108 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Bar Hill Context Sheets (381000-381899)		PDF	Download

Flint

Type	Total	Weight	Comments
Unassigned	2	0g

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

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

Sample 38255
Sample number	38255
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.007g
Number of bones medium mammals	6
Number of burnt bones	2
Summary notes	HEAVILY FRAGMENTED INDET BONE

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Sheep	1	Mandible (1 Fragment)	view More Information on Sheep Bones in Context 381772 Bone number 48 Unique number assigned to bone: 48 Type of species: SHEEP Type of bone: MANDIBLE part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 4 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 40 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): R 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: Z2 Z7 Zoological comment on zones: PHOTO TAKEN - BONE EXTRACTED FOR C14 SAMPLE - TOOTH EXTRACTED FOR ISOTOPE Modification data for bone number 48 Common or English name of the species: SHEEP Code for name of bone: MAN Number of fragments recovered: 1 State of the bone concerned: Butchery Description of fragment/bone: MED AP&DV FINE KN8 Dental ageing data for bone number 48 Type of species: OVI Type of bone: MAN Deciduous premolar 4 Grant wear stage: 0 Premolar 4 Grant wear stage: 12 Molar 1 Grant wear stage: 13 Molar 2 Grant wear stage: 12 Molar 3 Grant wear stage: 10 Deciduous premolar 4 Payne wear stage: 0 Premolar 4 Payne wear stage: 12 Molar 1 Payne wear stage: 13 Molar 2 Payne wear stage: 13 Molar 3 Payne wear stage: 12 Comment: PHOTO TAKEN - BONE EXTRACTED FOR C14 SAMPLE - TOOTH EXTRACTED FOR ISOTOPE

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
38255	10	0	Dry	10		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 38255 (3 records) Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE MISC Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: CHARCOAL TO 1MM Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: MOLSC TR Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: PLN

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 38255)
Sample number	38255
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	10
Volume flotted (L)	10
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	DARK FILL OF DITCH CE

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	BONE
Material type	SHEEP
Context description	LIA DITCH, WHICH IS TRUNCATED BY EARLY ROMAN ENCLOSURE
General comments	Sample ID 381772
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	91505 (GU53784)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2050
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	26
Primary early calibrated date range	-164
Primary late calibrated date range	16
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%