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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 601030

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Context Information

Context number	601030
Parent context number	601027
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 601030
Filename	A14-TEA10-CN601030.pdf (95 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (601000-601999)		PDF	Download

Finds

Small Find Number	Object Type	Material	Period of Find	More Information	Find Photograph
60017	Structural Fitting	Iron	Iron Age	view Find Information for small find number 60017 Object: Structural Fitting Accession number: 60017 Material: Iron Material species: Unidentified Species Function: Fasteners and fittings Small find period: Iron Age Period of stratigraphy: Iron Age Early date: 0 Late date: 0 Typology: LOOP-HEADED SPIKE Description: Complete?; L 82.6mm; Diam loop 25.3mm; Th bar 12.6mm; Wt 35.4g. Iron ring-headed spike; round iron bar; one end with a loop; the other ?peened; in two pieces, appear to rejoin but maybe two separate objects. Completeness: C Count of fragments: 1 Method of recovery: Unrecorded - Default assumption is hand collected Was the object discovered during survey?: 0 Does the object fall under the treasure act?: 0 the object has been discarded?: 0

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
9594	-	Sandy fabric, fine (SAF-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 9594 Vessel identification number: 7343 Number of fragments recovered: 4 Weight (in g): 12 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 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

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Cattle	1	Maxillary Tooth (1 Most)	view More Information on Cattle Bones in Context 601030 Bone number 26 Unique number assigned to bone: 26 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: MAXILLARY TOOTH part of bone present: MOST Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 3 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 23 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): L Zoological comment on zones: MAX M1/2 POS CUSP BROKEN; PHOTO TAKEN - EXTRACTED FOR C14

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
60056	20	0		0		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 60056 (0 records)

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	BONE
Material type	ANIMAL BONE: CATTLE
Context description	DATE FOR NORTHERN "BARROW"
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	92696 (GU54249)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2101
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	24
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)	-22.4
Delta 15N (δ15N stable isotope)	6.8
Primary early calibrated date range	-191
Primary late calibrated date range	-51
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%