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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 384099

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Context Information

Context number	384099
Parent context number	384101
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	8 (Roundhouse), 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 384099
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Human Remains

Disarticulated human bone

Preservation	Age group	Sex estimate	Comments
Good	Adult	Undetermined	view ASSESSED AS ARTICULATED BUT CLEARLY NOT. JUST A FRAG. OF FRONTAL FROM THE FILL OF A RE-CUT OF A RING DITCH.

Disarticulated bones

Bone number	Bone type	Bone segments	Bone pathology
B3	Frontal R	view Bone segment 1: 1 Bone segment 2: 0 Bone segment 3: 0 Bone segment 4: 0 Bone segment 5: 0 Bone segment 6: 0 Bone segment 7: 0 Bone segment 8: 0 Cranial segment note: Most of the cranial bones are scored as a single digit, the exceptions to this are the sphenoid and occipital bones, recorded as binary arrays. The sphenoid is recorded as five separate elements, the basisphenoid or body (B12) is recorded as a single digit. Each of the two wings (B11/B13) is recorded as a two-digit array, the first digit corresponding to the greater wing and the second digit corresponding to the lesser wing. The occipital bone is recorded relative to its four primary centres, the basioccipital (=pars basilaris) in B15, the exoccipitals (=pars lateralis) in B14 and B16 and the squamous portion in B17. The mandible is recorded as two halves: the right and the left.

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	0
State of preservation	GOOD
Weight	1.25g
Animal remains type(s) present	Cattle Sheep or Goat Horse
Number of bones large mammals	40
Number of bones medium mammals	5
Number of identifiable epiphyses	5
Summary notes	SHEEP/GOAT MANDIBLE

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Cattle	13	Lumbar Vertebra (1 Fragment) Ulna (1 Fragment) Tibia (1 Fragment) Mandible (6 Fragment) Scapula (3 Fragment) Humerus (1 Distal)	view More Information on Cattle Bones in Context 384099 Bone number 1245 Unique number assigned to bone: 1245 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: HUMERUS 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): 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 1245 Common or English name of the species: CATTLE Code for name of bone: HUM Number of fragments recovered: 1 State of the bone concerned: Butchery Description of fragment/bone: ANT DIS S MED EDGE L-M KN10 Bone number 1262 Unique number assigned to bone: 1262 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: LUMBAR VERTEBRA 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 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): R Modification data for bone number 1262 Common or English name of the species: CATTLE Code for name of bone: LMV Number of fragments recovered: 1 State of the bone concerned: Butchery Description of fragment/bone: VENT SIDE PROCESS SPKN3 Bone number 1234 Unique number assigned to bone: 1234 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: MANDIBLE 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 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): L 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 Bone number 1249 Unique number assigned to bone: 1249 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: MANDIBLE 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 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): L Bone number 1248 Unique number assigned to bone: 1248 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: MANDIBLE 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 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: Z3 Bone number 1261 Unique number assigned to bone: 1261 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: MANDIBLE 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 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: Z4 Bone number 1250 Unique number assigned to bone: 1250 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: MANDIBLE 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 Bone number 1242 Unique number assigned to bone: 1242 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: MANDIBLE 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 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: Z4 Z5 Z6 Modification data for bone number 1242 Common or English name of the species: CATTLE Code for name of bone: MAN Number of fragments recovered: 1 State of the bone concerned: Butchery Description of fragment/bone: LAT POS EDGE A-PKN7 Bone number 1251 Unique number assigned to bone: 1251 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: SCAPULA 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 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): L Modification data for bone number 1251 Common or English name of the species: CATTLE Code for name of bone: SCP Number of fragments recovered: 1 State of the bone concerned: Butchery Description of fragment/bone: LAT TR KN1 Common or English name of the species: CATTLE Code for name of bone: SCP Number of fragments recovered: 1 State of the bone concerned: Gnawing Description of fragment/bone: SL CAN Bone number 1243 Unique number assigned to bone: 1243 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: SCAPULA 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: Z1 Z2 Z3 Z5 Modification data for bone number 1243 Common or English name of the species: CATTLE Code for name of bone: SCP Number of fragments recovered: 1 State of the bone concerned: Butchery Description of fragment/bone: MED VENT EDGE A-PKN5 Bone number 1244 Unique number assigned to bone: 1244 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: SCAPULA 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: Z2 Z3 Modification data for bone number 1244 Common or English name of the species: CATTLE Code for name of bone: SCP Number of fragments recovered: 1 State of the bone concerned: Gnawing Description of fragment/bone: VEN SL CAN Bone number 1247 Unique number assigned to bone: 1247 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: TIBIA 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 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): L Bone number 1246 Unique number assigned to bone: 1246 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: ULNA 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): L Modification data for bone number 1246 Common or English name of the species: CATTLE Code for name of bone: ULN Number of fragments recovered: 1 State of the bone concerned: Gnawing Description of fragment/bone: ANT MOD CAN
Cattle Size	6	Radius (1 Fragment) Rib (5 Fragment)	view More Information on Cattle Size Bones in Context 384099 Bone number 1260 Unique number assigned to bone: 1260 Type of species: CATTLE SIZE Type of bone: RADIUS 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 Bone number 1239 Unique number assigned to bone: 1239 Type of species: CATTLE SIZE Type of bone: RIB 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 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): L Zoological comment on zones: D Bone number 1240 Unique number assigned to bone: 1240 Type of species: CATTLE SIZE Type of bone: RIB 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 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): R Zoological comment on zones: D Bone number 1238 Unique number assigned to bone: 1238 Type of species: CATTLE SIZE Type of bone: RIB 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 1241 Unique number assigned to bone: 1241 Type of species: CATTLE SIZE Type of bone: RIB 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 Modification data for bone number 1241 Common or English name of the species: CATTLE SIZE Code for name of bone: RIB Number of fragments recovered: 1 State of the bone concerned: Butchery Description of fragment/bone: LAT SP KN3 Bone number 1237 Unique number assigned to bone: 1237 Type of species: CATTLE SIZE Type of bone: RIB 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 Zoological comment on zones: D Modification data for bone number 1237 Common or English name of the species: CATTLE SIZE Code for name of bone: RIB Number of fragments recovered: 2 State of the bone concerned: Butchery Description of fragment/bone: MED SP KN2
Horse	2	Innominate (1 Fragment) Scapula (1 Fragment)	view More Information on Horse Bones in Context 384099 Bone number 1235 Unique number assigned to bone: 1235 Type of species: HORSE Type of bone: INNOMINATE part of bone present: FRAGMENT 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 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 Z5 Z9 Metrical data for bone number 1235 Type of bone INNOMINATE Number of measured bones 3 Actual measurements in mm 61 Type of bone INNOMINATE Number of measured bones 5 Actual measurements in mm 35.9 Type of bone INNOMINATE Number of measured bones 6 Actual measurements in mm 24.7 Bone number 1236 Unique number assigned to bone: 1236 Type of species: HORSE Type of bone: SCAPULA part of bone present: FRAGMENT 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 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 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 Modification data for bone number 1236 Common or English name of the species: HORSE Code for name of bone: SCP Number of fragments recovered: 1 State of the bone concerned: Butchery Description of fragment/bone: VENT LAT TRKN1; VENT MED TRKN1
Sheep Size	1	Rib (1 Fragment)	view More Information on Sheep Size Bones in Context 384099 Bone number 1252 Unique number assigned to bone: 1252 Type of species: SHEEP SIZE Type of bone: RIB 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 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): L Zoological comment on zones: D
Sheep/Goat	8	Mandible (1 Fragment) Mandibular Tooth (3 Whole Bone) Tibia (1 Fragment) Metatarsal (1 Fragment, 1 Proximal) Scapula (1 Fragment)	view More Information on Sheep/Goat Bones in Context 384099 Bone number 1255 Unique number assigned to bone: 1255 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: MANDIBLE 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): L 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 Bone number 1256 Unique number assigned to bone: 1256 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: MANDIBULAR TOOTH part of bone present: WHOLE BONE Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 4 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 Zoological comment on zones: M3 BROKEN AT LEAST PAYNE 8 Bone number 1257 Unique number assigned to bone: 1257 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: MANDIBULAR TOOTH 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 Dental ageing data for bone number 1257 Type of species: OVCA Type of bone: MNT Deciduous premolar 4 Grant wear stage: 0 Premolar 4 Grant wear stage: 0 Molar 1 Grant wear stage: 0 Molar 2 Grant wear stage: 11 Molar 3 Grant wear stage: 0 Deciduous premolar 4 Payne wear stage: 0 Premolar 4 Payne wear stage: 0 Molar 1 Payne wear stage: 0 Molar 2 Payne wear stage: 12 Molar 3 Payne wear stage: 0 Bone number 1258 Unique number assigned to bone: 1258 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: MANDIBULAR TOOTH 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 Dental ageing data for bone number 1258 Type of species: OVCA Type of bone: MNT Deciduous premolar 4 Grant wear stage: 0 Premolar 4 Grant wear stage: 0 Molar 1 Grant wear stage: 12 Molar 2 Grant wear stage: 0 Molar 3 Grant wear stage: 0 Deciduous premolar 4 Payne wear stage: 0 Premolar 4 Payne wear stage: 0 Molar 1 Payne wear stage: 13 Molar 2 Payne wear stage: 0 Molar 3 Payne wear stage: 0 Bone number 1253 Unique number assigned to bone: 1253 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: METATARSAL 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 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: Z5 Bone number 1233 Unique number assigned to bone: 1233 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: METATARSAL part of bone present: PROXIMAL 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): R 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 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 Bone number 1259 Unique number assigned to bone: 1259 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: SCAPULA 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): 0 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): L 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 Z3 Z4 Z5 Z7 Bone number 1254 Unique number assigned to bone: 1254 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: TIBIA 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