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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 410767

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Context Information

Context number	410767
Parent context number	410768
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	81 (Ditch)
Settlement ?	Bar Hill 3
General Period of Feature	Middle-Late Iron Age
A14 Area	Bar Hill (TEA41)
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 410767
Filename	A14-TEA41-CN410767.pdf (93 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Bar Hill Context Sheets (410001-410999)		PDF	Download

Building Material

Fabric	Form	Material	Number of Pieces Recovered and Weight	Fabric Dates	Comments
Cambridgeshire Fired Clay	Unkown	Roman CBM	3 (13g)	5 - 400

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample 0
Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.2g
Animal remains type(s) present	Cattle Pig Sheep or Goat Foetal or neonate bones
Number of bones large mammals	6
Number of bones medium mammals	15
Number of measureable bones	1
Number of complete bones	1
Number of bones with butchery marks	3
Number of gnawed bones	1

Sample 41056
Sample number	41056
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.1g
Animal remains type(s) present	Pig Dog Sheep or Goat
Number of bones medium mammals	123
Number of measureable bones	1
Number of complete bones	1
Number of burnt bones	8

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
41056	20	0	Dry	20		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 41056 (8 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: MOLSC TR Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE MISC Abundance: Abundant Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD MISC Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: BONE S MAM Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Abundant Diversity: Low Comments: UP TO 20MM FRGS Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: BONE BIRD Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: MOLSC TR Abundance: Occasional

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 41056)
Sample number	41056
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred wood	50+
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF DITCH POTENTIAL FOR ANALYSIS 90% CHARCOAL

Wet sieving (sample 41056)
Sample number	41056
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred miscellaneous	1-10
Diversity of charred miscellaneous	0
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	FILL OF DITCH POTENTIAL FOR ANALYSIS 90% CHARCOAL

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	CHARRED OTHER
Material type	ROOT : NON-OAK
Context description	IRON AGE DITCH/GULLY
General comments	Sample ID
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	91394 (GU53727)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2285
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	25
Primary early calibrated date range	-402
Primary late calibrated date range	-234
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%