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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 601272

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Context Information

Context number	601272
Parent context number	601271
Child context number(s)	None
Settlement ?	Brampton West 102
General Period of Feature	Middle-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 601272
Filename	A14-TEA10-CN601272.pdf (86 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (601000-601999)		PDF	Download

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample 0
Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.112g
Animal remains type(s) present	Horse
Number of bones large mammals	21
Number of bones medium mammals	2
Number of identifiable epiphyses	3

Sample 60077
Sample number	60077
State of preservation	POOR
Weight	0.001g
Number of bones medium mammals	11
Number of burnt bones	1

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
60077	20	0	Dry	20	view Comments: ONE BUCKET WAS DONE AS BATCH 18 AND ONE AS BATCH 6. MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT Specialist comments: ORGANICS IN FLOT LOOK MODERN. >ROOTS & SEDIMENT CRUMB	view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 60077 (8 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: INV BEETLES Abundance: Occasional Comments: OCC BEETLE FRAGS Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: WLG SEEDS Abundance: Abundant Comments: >UNCHARRED SEEDS (RUMEX, CARDUUS/CIRSIUM, CAREX, ELEOCHARIS, CHENOPODIUM, POTENTILLA, POLYGONUM AVICULARE, URTICA DIOICA, STELLARIA MEDIA, JUNCUS) Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE MISC Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Occasional Comments: 1-2 CHD (TRITICUM) GRAIN Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Moderate Diversity: Low Comments: <4MM FRGS. V OCC ID'BLE CHARCOAL FRAGMENTS Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: MOLSC FW Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: MOLSC TR Abundance: Occasional Comments: OCC SNAILS

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 60077)
Sample number	60077
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred grain	1-10
Diversity of charred grain	0
Abundance of charred wood	11-50
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Abundance of water-logged seeds	50+
Diversity of water-logged seeds	0
Comments	FILL OF PIT ONE BUCKET WAS DONE AS BATCH 18 AND ONE AS BATCH 6. MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT ORGANICS IN FLOT LOOK MODERN. >ROOTS & SEDIMENT CRUMB

Wet sieving (sample 60077)
Sample number	60077
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	FILL OF PIT ONE BUCKET WAS DONE AS BATCH 18 AND ONE AS BATCH 6. MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT ORGANICS IN FLOT LOOK MODERN. >ROOTS & SEDIMENT CRUMB