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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 381957

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Context Information

Context number	381957
Parent context number	381958
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	128 (Ditch)
Land use interpretation	Enclosure (E11)
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 381957
Filename	A14-TEA38-CN381957.pdf (84 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Bar Hill Context Sheets (381900-382996)		PDF	Download

Building Material

Fabric	Form	Material	Number of Pieces Recovered and Weight	Fabric Dates	Comments
Cambridgeshire Clay	Unkown	Roman CBM	1 (31g)	1 - 400	view DAUB

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	0
State of preservation	GOOD
Weight	0.675g
Animal remains type(s) present	Game Sheep or Goat Horse
Number of bones large mammals	7
Number of bones medium mammals	1
Number of identifiable epiphyses	4
Number of measureable bones	1
Number of complete bones	1
Summary notes	RED DEER HUMERUS

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Deer, Red	1	Humerus (1 Fragment)	view More Information on Deer, Red Bones in Context 381957 Bone number 3926 Unique number assigned to bone: 3926 Type of species: DEER, RED Type of bone: HUMERUS part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 2 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 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]: F 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: Z6 Z7 Z8 Z9 Modification data for bone number 3926 Common or English name of the species: DEER, RED Code for name of bone: HUM Number of fragments recovered: 1 State of the bone concerned: Gnawing Description of fragment/bone: DG2
Horse	3	Tibia (1 Shaft) Humerus (1 Fragment) Metacarpal (1 Whole Bone)	view More Information on Horse Bones in Context 381957 Bone number 3928 Unique number assigned to bone: 3928 Type of species: HORSE Type of bone: HUMERUS part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 1 Number of fragments recovered: 2 Weight (in g): 0 Bone number 3929 Unique number assigned to bone: 3929 Type of species: HORSE Type of bone: METACARPAL part of bone present: WHOLE BONE Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 5 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): R Age of animal [codes: FN = foetal. I = immature. J = juvenile. O = old. SA = senior adult. YA = young adult]: A State of fusion at the proximal end of the bone [codes: F = fused. U = unfused. VO = fused but fuse line open. VC = fused but fuse line closed]: F 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]: F 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: Z1 Z2 Z3 Z4 Z5 Zoological comment on zones: MC2 FUSED Metrical data for bone number 3929 Type of bone METACARPAL Number of measured bones 1 Actual measurements in mm 211.5 Type of bone METACARPAL Number of measured bones 2 Actual measurements in mm 209 Type of bone METACARPAL Number of measured bones 3 Actual measurements in mm 203.5 Type of bone METACARPAL Number of measured bones 4 Actual measurements in mm 49.4 Type of bone METACARPAL Number of measured bones 6 Actual measurements in mm 32.5 Type of bone METACARPAL Number of measured bones 8 Actual measurements in mm 22.4 Type of bone METACARPAL Number of measured bones 9 Actual measurements in mm 47.7 Bone number 3927 Unique number assigned to bone: 3927 Type of species: HORSE Type of bone: TIBIA part of bone present: SHAFT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 3 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): L
Sheep/Goat	1	Metacarpal (1 Shaft)	view More Information on Sheep/Goat Bones in Context 381957 Bone number 3930 Unique number assigned to bone: 3930 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: METACARPAL part of bone present: SHAFT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 3 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0