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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 58047

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Context Information

Context number	58047
Parent context number	58046
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	1 (Ditch)
Land use interpretation	Linear boundary (LB1)
Settlement ?	Alconbury 1
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 058001-058099
Filename	A14-TEA05-CN058001-058099.pdf (30 MB)	PDF	Info Download
Description	Scanned original context sheets for Alconbury, TEA05, Contexts 058001-058099	PDF	Info Download

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
28027	JA9-B (identification uncertain)	Sandy grog-tempered fabric, medium (GRSAM-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 28027 Vessel identification number: 45494 Number of fragments recovered: 19 Weight (in g): 236 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 Is pottery sooted?: Y Does pottery contain a residue?: Y Is pottery worn?: UNWORN Is pottery abraided?: MODERATE Does pottery show signs of refitting?: 58052? 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 RIM (TOO SMALL AND UNEVEN TO MEASURE), POSSIBLE RIM DECORATION (FINGER TIP IMPRESSIONS), MOTTLED SURFACE, SOME SOOTING/RESIDUE, VERY CRUDELY BUILT, POSSIBLY MORE OF THE SAME VESSEL IN 58052 Decoration information for vessel no. 45494 Decoration type: Fingertip Decoration Location of decoration on vessel: RIM-TOP

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.05g
Animal remains type(s) present	Cattle
Number of bones large mammals	15

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Cattle	1	Mandibular Tooth (1 Whole Bone)	view More Information on Cattle Bones in Context 58047 Bone number 6 Unique number assigned to bone: 6 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: MANDIBULAR TOOTH part of bone present: WHOLE BONE Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 5 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 13 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): L Zoological comment on zones: MAND 1/2 GRANT 15; PHOTO TAKEN - EXTRACTED FOR C14

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	BONE
Material type	ANIMAL BONE: CATTLE
Context description	RELATE AREA 1/2 - BOUNDARY 5.1 TO BOUNDARY DITCH 5.3
General comments	SAMPLE ID: 58047
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	92684 (GU54238)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2275
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	21
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)	-21.7
Delta 15N (δ15N stable isotope)	6.4
Primary early calibrated date range	-399
Primary late calibrated date range	-234
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%