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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 460472

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Context Information

Context number	460472
Parent context number	460471
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	4 (Roundhouse)
Settlement ?	Bar Hill 1
General Period of Feature	Middle-Late Iron Age
A14 Area	Bar Hill (TEA46)
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 460472
Filename	A14-TEA46-CN460472.pdf (82 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Bar Hill Context Sheets (460001-460599)		PDF	Download

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
61801	-	Sandy organics-tempered fabric, medium (ORSAM-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 61801 Vessel identification number: 62744 Number of fragments recovered: 10 Weight (in g): 70 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 Publication reference number: 0.0 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: HAND-BUILT Count of sherds collected from sample: 0 Sample sherd weight (in g): 0.0
61800	JA9-B	Sand-and-shell fabric, medium (SASHM-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 61800 Vessel identification number: 62745 Number of fragments recovered: 4 Weight (in g): 318 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 170 Publication reference number: 0.0 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: HAND-BUILT Count of sherds collected from sample: 0 Sample sherd weight (in g): 0.0 Decoration information for vessel no. 62745 Decoration type: Fingertip Decoration Location of decoration on vessel: RIM-TOP

Human Remains

Disarticulated human bone

Preservation	Age group	Sex estimate	Comments
Good	Adult	Undetermined	view MODERATELY WELL PRESERVED R.FEMUR PROX. & MID-SHAFT FROM PRIMARY FILL OF TERMINUS OF DITCH [460471].

Disarticulated bones

Bone number	Bone type	Bone segments	Bone pathology
B67	Femur R	view Bone segment 1: 1 Bone segment 2: 1 Bone segment 3: 0 Bone segment 4: 0 Bone segment 5: 0 Bone segment 6: 0 Bone segment 7: 0 Bone segment 8: 0 Long bone segment note: When an entry is made into the L1 table – in the example entries for a left and right femur – the application validates the entry made. In this case a three character binary array is expected indicating the presence or absence of the proximal, shaft and distal thirds of the bone, e.g. 101, 111, 010, 110, 011.

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.339g
Animal remains type(s) present	Horse Human
Number of bones large mammals	17
Number of bones medium mammals	2
Number of identifiable epiphyses	2
Summary notes	HUMAN FEM GIVEN TO OSTEOS