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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 51663

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Context Information

Context number	51663
Parent context number	51664
Child context number(s)	None
Settlement ?	Alconbury 2
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 051600-051699
Filename	A14-TEA05-CN051600-051699.pdf (14 MB)	PDF	Info Download
Description	Scanned original context sheets for Alconbury, TEA05, Contexts 051600-051699	PDF	Info Download

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
27569	JA1-B	Shelly fabric, coarse (SHC-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 27569 Vessel identification number: 44736 Number of fragments recovered: 11 Weight (in g): 688 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 360 Is pottery worn?: UNWORN Is pottery abraided?: MODERATE Pottery worthy of illustration?: Y 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: 11 Sample sherd weight (in g): 20.0 Comments: THICK-WALLED VESSSEL, DECORATED RIM AND SURFACE (SCORRING), MOTTLED SURFACE- MOSTLY OXIDISED, ILL. NO. ALCIA.05 Decoration information for vessel no. 44736 Decoration type: Fingernail Decoration Location of decoration on vessel: RIM-TOP Decoration information for vessel no. 44736 Decoration type: Barbotine Scale Decoration Location of decoration on vessel: BODY (UNCERTAIN)

Flint

Type	Total	Weight	Comments
Blades+Blade Fragments	1	0g	1 broken piece
Burnt Unworked Flint	23	7g

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample 0
Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.073g
Animal remains type(s) present	Cattle
Number of bones large mammals	6
Number of bones medium mammals	1
Number of identifiable epiphyses	3

Sample 5224
Sample number	5224
State of preservation	POOR
Weight	0.018g
Animal remains type(s) present	Pig
Number of bones large mammals	1
Number of bones medium mammals	107
Number of burnt bones	52
Summary notes	BATCH 16; UNID LBF/RIB, SUS FIB?

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
5224	40	0	Dry	20		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 5224 (2 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: TRITICUM SPELTA, GLUME WHEAT INDET, BREAD/CLUB WHEAT Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD SEEDS Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: RUMEX SP. SMALL GRASS SEEDS

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 5224)
Sample number	5224
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	40
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred grain	1-10
Diversity of charred grain	1-3 taxa
Abundance of charred seeds	1-10
Diversity of charred seeds	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF PIT (CHARCOAL LAYER) CEREAL HEAVILY ABRADED AND VESICULAR. BONE HEAVILY FRAGMENTED. SECONDARY DEPOSITION