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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 51877

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Context Information

Context number	51877
Parent context number	51882
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	290 (Pit Group), Subgroup number: 2
Land use interpretation	Enclosure (E3)
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 051800-051899
Filename	A14-TEA05-CN051800-051899.pdf (26 MB)	PDF	Info Download
Description	Scanned original context sheets for Alconbury, TEA05, Contexts 051800-051899	PDF	Info Download

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
27731	-	Sandy fabric, medium (SAM-B) (identification uncertain)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 27731 Vessel identification number: 44985 Number of fragments recovered: 2 Weight (in g): 2 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: UNCERTAIN Count of sherds collected from sample: 1 Sample sherd weight (in g): 1.0 Comments: CRUMBS OF UNDIAGNOSTIC VESSEL(S)
27730	JA5-B	Sand-and-shell fabric, medium (SASHM-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 27730 Vessel identification number: 44984 Number of fragments recovered: 5 Weight (in g): 98 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 140 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: BODYSHERDS INCLUDING RIMS OF SIMPLE, UNDECORATED VESSEL WITH SHORT UPRIGHT RIM, WIPED/ SMOOTHED SURFACE, REDUCED
27729	-	Shelly fabric, coarse (SHC-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 27729 Vessel identification number: 44982 Number of fragments recovered: 3 Weight (in g): 110 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: THICK WALLED BODYSHERD OF UNDIAGNOSTIC, LARGE TYPE OF VESSEL, OXIDISED SURFACE, FAINTSCORING Decoration information for vessel no. 44982 Decoration type: Barbotine Scale Decoration Location of decoration on vessel: BODY (UNCERTAIN) Vessel identification number: 44983 Number of fragments recovered: 3 Weight (in g): 14 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: ABRADED BODYSHERDS OF UNDIAGNOSTIC VESSEL, OXIDISED?, ONE SHERD POSSIBLE SCORED Decoration information for vessel no. 44983 Decoration type: Barbotine Scale Decoration Location of decoration on vessel: BODY (UNCERTAIN) Vessel identification number: 44987 Number of fragments recovered: 0 Weight (in g): 0 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: UNCERTAIN Count of sherds collected from sample: 2 Sample sherd weight (in g): 1.0 Comments: CRUMBS OF UNDIAGNOSTIC VESSEL, OXID/BUFF SURFACE, LEACHED OUT SHELL

Flint

Type	Total	Weight	Comments
Unassigned	8	0g
Burnt Unworked Flint	10	4g

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	5248
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.018g
Animal remains type(s) present	Cattle Sheep or Goat
Number of bones large mammals	3
Number of bones medium mammals	65
Number of identifiable epiphyses	1
Number of burnt bones	9
Summary notes	BATCH 16 -

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
5248	40	0		20		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 5248 (6 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD SEEDS Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: SMALL GRASS SEEDS, HYCOSYAMUS NIGER Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: SMALL CHARCOAL FRAGMENTS Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: SEE FLOT Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Moderate Diversity: Low Comments: CHARCOAL UP TO 15MM Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE MISC Abundance: Moderate Comments: OCCASIONAL BURNT BONE FRAGMENTS. HEAVILY FRAGMENTED UNBURNT BONE Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: TRITICUM SPELTA, TRITICUM DICOCCUM, HORDEUM VULGARE

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 5248)
Sample number	5248
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
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF PIT (FIRE BONES)

Wet sieving (sample 5248)
Sample number	5248
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	40
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred grain	1-10
Diversity of charred grain	1-3 taxa
Abundance of charred wood	11-50
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF PIT (FIRE BONES)