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 53961

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Context Information

Context number 53961
Parent context number 53963
Child context number(s) None
Group number 296 (Inhumation Burial)
Settlement ? Alconbury 3
General Period of Feature Late Roman
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 053900-053999
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Description Scanned original context sheets for Alconbury, TEA05, Contexts 053900-053999

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number Form Fabric (Fabric Code)   Period   Vessel Information
25116 1-B Nene Valley self-coloured ware (LNV SC-B) Roman view

Vessel information for pot no. 25116

Vessel identification number: 35115
Number of fragments recovered: 40
Weight (in g): 233
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: 0
Comments: ABRADED AND FRESHLY BROKEN, SHERDS FROM 53960 ARE PROBABLY OF THE SAME VESSEL


25117 4.4.2-B Shell-tempered ware (ROB SH-B) Roman view

Vessel information for pot no. 25117

Vessel identification number: 35118
Number of fragments recovered: 1
Weight (in g): 29
Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0
Rim diameter (in mm): 150
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


Human Remains

Inhumations
Preservation Age group Sex estimate Inhumation details
Good Unclassified adult (>18 years) Undetermined view

Inhumation details for object 48397


Indication when there are anmal intrusive remains included with the skeleton: 1
Comments: ASSOC. ANIMAL BONE. ANALYSIS MH 21/08/2020 INHUMATION CUT DITCH, VERY DISTURBED REMAINS OF PARTIAL ADULT INDIVIDUAL, . MEDIAL CLAVICLE FULLY FUSED >18 YEARS. ROBUST WELL PRONOUNCED DELTOID MSM INSERTION. POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH DISARTICULTED FRAGMENTS OF CRANIAL VAULT [53960] OF ADULT PROBABLE FEMALE WITH POROTIC HYPEROSTOSIS
Pathology comments: NONE

Inhumation pathology
Pathology code Disease Pathology Comments Pathology location(s) ?
1001 Blood Disorders Cribra orbitalia left view

9

1002 Blood Disorders Cribra orbitalia right view

9

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Context Photographs