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 51878

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Context Information

Context number 51878
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
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Description Scanned original context sheets for Alconbury, TEA05, Contexts 051800-051899

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number Form Fabric (Fabric Code)   Period   Vessel Information
27739 - Sandy fabric, medium (SAM-B) Iron Age view

Vessel information for pot no. 27739

Vessel identification number: 45000
Number of fragments recovered: 4
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: BODYSHERDS OF UNDIAGNOSTIC VESSEL, VERY ABRADED, THICK-WALLED VESSEL


27737 - Shelly fabric, coarse (SHC-B) Iron Age view

Vessel information for pot no. 27737

Vessel identification number: 44994
Number of fragments recovered: 7
Weight (in g): 150
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: BODYSHERDS OF UNDIAGNOSTIC, THICK-WALLED VESSEL(S), MOST LIKELY LARGE TYPE, SCORED SURFACE

Decoration information for vessel no. 44994

Decoration type: Barbotine Scale Decoration
Location of decoration on vessel: BODY (UNCERTAIN)


Vessel identification number: 44995
Number of fragments recovered: 1
Weight (in g): 4
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: BODYSHERD OF UNDIAGNOSTIC VESSEL, , POSSIBLE SCORED SURFACE, SOOTING ON THE INTERIOR?

Decoration information for vessel no. 44995

Decoration type: Barbotine Scale Decoration
Location of decoration on vessel: BODY (UNCERTAIN)


Vessel identification number: 44998
Number of fragments recovered: 1
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: BODYSHERD OF UNDIAGNOSTIC VESSEL, LEACHED OUT SHELL, OXIDISED


27733 JA2-B Shelly fabric, coarse (SHC-B) Iron Age view

Vessel information for pot no. 27733

Vessel identification number: 44990
Number of fragments recovered: 3
Weight (in g): 226
Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0
Rim diameter (in mm): 480
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 BODYSHERDS INCLUDING RIM (DIFFICULT TO MEASURE), T-SHAPED RIM, POSSIBLE FAINT SCORING(?) ON THE SURFACE OR WIPING WITH GRASS?, REDUCED

Decoration information for vessel no. 44990

Decoration type: Barbotine Scale Decoration
Location of decoration on vessel: BODY (UNCERTAIN)


Human Remains

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary
Sample number 0
State of preservation MODERATE
Weight 0.061g
Animal remains type(s) present
  • Cattle
  • Sheep or Goat
Number of bones large mammals4
Number of bones medium mammals4
Number of identifiable mandibles1
Number of burnt bones1
Summary notes SHEEP/GOAT MANDIBLE

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