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 51879

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Context Information

Context number 51879
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) Text
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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
27741 JA5-B (identification uncertain) Sandy fabric, fine (SAF-B) Iron Age view

Vessel information for pot no. 27741

Vessel identification number: 45003
Number of fragments recovered: 1
Weight (in g): 6
Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0
Rim diameter (in mm): 100
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: SMALL FRAGMENT OF RIM, MOST LIKELY SMALL JAR OR BOWL?, OXIDISED


Human Remains

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary
Sample number 0
State of preservation MODERATE
Weight 0.272g
Animal remains type(s) present
  • Cattle
  • Sheep or Goat
Number of bones large mammals10
Number of bones medium mammals8
Number of identifiable epiphyses5
Number of bones with butchery marks5
Number of burnt bones5

Context Photographs