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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 600719

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Context Information

Context number	600719
Parent context number	600724
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	167 (Mound), Subgroup number: 3
Land use interpretation	Cemetery (C101)
Settlement ?	Brampton West 102
General Period of Feature	Late Iron Age
A14 Area	Brampton West (TEA10)
Associated digital archive	MOLA Headland Infrastructure (2025) A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works at Brampton West Landscape Block, 2016-2018 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1081252

Context Sheet(s)

Context sheet for context 600719
Filename	A14-TEA10-CN600719.pdf (299 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (600000-600999)		PDF	Download

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
9616	-	Shelly fabric, medium (SHM-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 9616 Vessel identification number: 7358 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?: 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

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Cattle	1	1st Phalanx (1 Whole Bone)	view More Information on Cattle Bones in Context 600719 Bone number 20 Unique number assigned to bone: 20 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: 1ST PHALANX 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): 15 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): L State of fusion at the proximal end of the bone [codes: F = fused. U = unfused. VO = fused but fuse line open. VC = fused but fuse line closed]: F Bone area(s) These are numbers assigned to areas of a bone that are identifiable to species, skeletal element and body-side even when the bone is heavily fragmented. The allocation of zones to specific bones varies; this system was devised by James Rackham and provides a useful brief description of what part of a bone is present. Contact MOLA specialists for more information: Z1 Z2 Zoological comment on zones: PHOTO TAKEN; EXTRACTED FOR C14; TOO WEATHERED/ERODED FOR MEASURING

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	BONE
Material type	ANIMAL BONE: CATTLE
Context description	DATE FOR NORTHERN "BARROW"
General comments	SAMPLE ID: 600719
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	92691 (GU54243)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	1954
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	24
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)	-21.3
Delta 15N (δ15N stable isotope)	7
Primary early calibrated date range	-2
Primary late calibrated date range	122
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%