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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 51881

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Context Information

Context number	51881
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

Flint

Type	Total	Weight	Comments
Burnt Unworked Flint	5	7g
Unassigned	1	0g

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	5249
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.003g
Number of bones medium mammals	2
Number of burnt bones	2
Summary notes	BATCH 16 - UNID LBF/RIB

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
5249	10	0	Dry	10		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 5249 (2 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: HORDEUM VULGARE(1), GLUME WHEAT INDET (1) Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE MISC Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: BURNT BONE (1 TINY FRAGMENT)

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 5249)
Sample number	5249
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	10
Volume flotted (L)	10
Abundance of charred grain	1-10
Diversity of charred grain	1-3 taxa
Comments	FIRED CLAY OF PIT