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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 383074

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Context Information

Context number	383074
Parent context number	383076
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	135 (Inhumation Burial)
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 383074
Filename	A14-TEA38-CN383074.pdf (87 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Bar Hill Context Sheets (383001-383999)		PDF	Download

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
19439	-	Sandy grog-tempered fabric, medium (GRSAM-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 19439 Vessel identification number: 25603 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 3 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 Is pottery worn?: UNWORN Is pottery abraided?: UNABRADED Broad forming method, i.e. wheelmade or hand-built. Designed for use with Iron Age and Roman Pottery only: UNCERTAIN Count of sherds collected from sample: 0 Comments: BODY SHERD

Flint

Type	Total	Weight	Comments
Burnt Unworked Flint	3	1g
Unassigned	61	0g

Slag

Sample Number	Type of Slag	Fragment Count	Weight	Measurements	Comments
38466	Cinder	1	0g	Length: 5mm

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample 0
Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.005g
Number of bones medium mammals	1

Sample 38400
Sample number	38400
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.001g
Number of bones medium mammals	15
Number of amphibian bones	1
Summary notes	INDET HEAVILY FRAGMENTED BONE

Sample 38466
Sample number	38466
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.001g
Number of fish bones	1
Summary notes	FISH VERTEBRA

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Sheep Size	2	Long Bone Fragment (1 Fragment) Skull (1 Fragment)	view More Information on Sheep Size Bones in Context 383074 Bone number 7392 Unique number assigned to bone: 7392 Type of species: SHEEP SIZE Type of bone: LONG BONE FRAGMENT part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 1 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 Zoological comment on zones: D Bone number 7391 Unique number assigned to bone: 7391 Type of species: SHEEP SIZE Type of bone: SKULL part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 1 Number of fragments recovered: 6 Weight (in g): 0 Zoological comment on zones: D
Sheep/Goat	1	Metacarpal (1 Fragment)	view More Information on Sheep/Goat Bones in Context 383074 Bone number 7308 Unique number assigned to bone: 7308 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: METACARPAL part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 1 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0
Strawberry Snail	4	Shell (4 Fragment)	view More Information on Strawberry Snail Bones in Context 383074 Bone number 96 Unique number assigned to bone: 96 Type of species: STRAWBERRY SNAIL Type of bone: SHELL part of bone present: FRAGMENT Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 Sieve size used to recover the bone: 1 Bone number 98 Unique number assigned to bone: 98 Type of species: STRAWBERRY SNAIL Type of bone: SHELL part of bone present: FRAGMENT Number of fragments recovered: 2 Weight (in g): 0 Sieve size used to recover the bone: 1 Bone number 99 Unique number assigned to bone: 99 Type of species: STRAWBERRY SNAIL Type of bone: SHELL part of bone present: FRAGMENT Number of fragments recovered: 2 Weight (in g): 0 Sieve size used to recover the bone: 1 Bone number 100 Unique number assigned to bone: 100 Type of species: STRAWBERRY SNAIL Type of bone: SHELL part of bone present: FRAGMENT Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 Sieve size used to recover the bone: 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
38400	20	0	Dry	20		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 38400 (4 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Comments: CHARCOAL TO 6MM Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: MOLSC FW Abundance: Occasional Comments: PLN Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Comments: M Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Occasional Comments: HOR
38464	40	0	Dry	40		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 38464 (2 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Comments: CHARCOAL TO 5MM Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: MOLSC FW Abundance: Occasional Comments: PLN
38465	20	0	Dry	20		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 38465 (1 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: MOLSC FW Abundance: Occasional Comments: PLN
38466	20	0	Dry	20		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 38466 (2 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Comments: CHARCOAL TO 8MM Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: MOLSC FW Abundance: Occasional Comments: PLN

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 38400)
Sample number	38400
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred grain	1-10
Diversity of charred grain	0
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	BULK UPLOAD FORM ALL_SAMPLES spreadsheet FILL OF GRAVE HEAD

Wet sieving (sample 38400)
Sample number	38400
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	BULK UPLOAD FORM ALL_SAMPLES spreadsheet FILL OF GRAVE HEAD

Flotation (sample 38464)
Sample number	38464
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	40
Volume flotted (L)	40
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	BULK UPLOAD FORM ALL_SAMPLES spreadsheet FILL OF GRAVE

Flotation (sample 38466)
Sample number	38466
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	Bulk upload form all_samples spreadsheet