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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 50367

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Context Information

Context number	50367
Parent context number	50370
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	116 (Ditch)
Land use interpretation	Linear boundary (LB2)
Settlement ?	Alconbury 1
General Period of Feature	Middle-Late Iron Age
A14 Area	Alconbury (TEA05)
Associated digital archive	MOLA Headland Infrastructure (2025) A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works at Alconbury Landscape Block, 2016-2018 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1081249

Context Sheet(s)

Original context sheets from A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire; Alconbury Landscape Block, TEA05, Contexts 050300-050399
Filename	A14-TEA05-CN050300-050399.pdf (8 MB)	PDF	Info Download
Description	Scanned original context sheets for Alconbury, TEA05, Contexts 050300-050399	PDF	Info Download

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
27397	-	Sand-and-shell fabric, medium (SASHM-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 27397 Vessel identification number: 44433 Number of fragments recovered: 6 Weight (in g): 60 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 Is pottery worn?: UNWORN Is pottery abraided?: MODERATE 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 Comments: UNDIAGNOSTIC FORM, MAY BE 2 VESSELS? (INCISED DECORATION OR GRASS INPRINT? ON ONE SHERD Decoration information for vessel no. 44433 Decoration type: Incised Decoration Location of decoration on vessel: BODY (UNCERTAIN)
27394	-	Shelly fabric, coarse (SHC-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 27394 Vessel identification number: 44427 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 26 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 Is pottery worn?: UNWORN Is pottery abraided?: VERY 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 Comments: BODYSHERD, UNDIAGNOSTIC FORM, FAINT REMAINS OF POSSIBLE INCISED DECORATION (SCORING?), THICK-WALLED VESSEL Decoration information for vessel no. 44427 Decoration type: Incised Decoration Location of decoration on vessel: BODY (UNCERTAIN) Vessel identification number: 44429 Number of fragments recovered: 17 Weight (in g): 76 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 Does pottery contain a residue?: Y Is pottery worn?: UNWORN Is pottery abraided?: VERY 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 Comments: BODYSHERDS OF UNDIAGNOSTIC FORM, THICK-WALLED VESSEL, FAINT POSSIBLE INCISED DECORATION (COMBING?) Decoration information for vessel no. 44429 Decoration type: Incised Decoration Location of decoration on vessel: BODY (UNCERTAIN) Vessel identification number: 44430 Number of fragments recovered: 13 Weight (in g): 64 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 Is pottery worn?: UNWORN Is pottery abraided?: VERY 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 Comments: AT LEAST ONE VESSEL, UNDIAGNOSTIC FORM, LEACHED OUT SHELL Vessel identification number: 44431 Number of fragments recovered: 6 Weight (in g): 16 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: POSSIBLY SHELL-TEMPERED BUT VERY ABRADED AND LEACHED OUT SHELL, UNDIAGNOSTIC VESSEL FORM, OXID.
27398	-	Shelly organics-tempered fabric, fine (ORSHF-B) (identification uncertain)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 27398 Vessel identification number: 44435 Number of fragments recovered: 4 Weight (in g): 8 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 Is pottery worn?: UNWORN Is pottery abraided?: VERY 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 Comments: BODYSHERDS OF UNDIAGNOSTIC FORM, SMOOTHED OXID. SURFACE
27396	-	Shelly fabric, fine (SHF-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 27396 Vessel identification number: 44432 Number of fragments recovered: 2 Weight (in g): 21 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 Is pottery worn?: UNWORN Is pottery abraided?: MODERATE 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: BODYSHERDS OF UNCERTAIN FORM, SMOOTHED SURFACE

Slag

Sample Number	Type of Slag	Fragment Count	Weight	Measurements	Comments
None	Fuel Ash Slag	5	57g	Length: 68mm	grey interior and white exterior; some areas look iron rich

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.58g
Animal remains type(s) present	Cattle Pig Sheep or Goat Horse
Number of bones large mammals	40
Number of bones medium mammals	80
Number of identifiable epiphyses	11
Number of identifiable mandibles	4
Number of gnawed bones	1
Summary notes	CANINE GNAWING/4SHEEP/GOATMANDIBLE

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	BONE
Material type	CATTLE
Context description	BOUNDARY DITCH 5.1. IT'S EARLY - HOW EARLY? (BRONZE AGE)?
General comments	Sample Reference: A14_50367
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	91495 (GU53776)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2205
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	24
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)	-21.7
Delta 15N (δ15N stable isotope)	6.8
Primary early calibrated date range	-361
Primary late calibrated date range	-201
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%