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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 601495

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Context Information

Context number	601495
Parent context number	601498
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 601495
Filename	A14-TEA10-CN601495.pdf (89 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (601000-601999)		PDF	Download

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
11824	JA20-B	Sandy grog-tempered fabric, medium (GRSAM-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 11824 Vessel identification number: 9674 Number of fragments recovered: 14 Weight (in g): 65 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 160 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: WHEELMADE Count of sherds collected from sample: 0

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.466g
Animal remains type(s) present	Cattle Horse
Number of bones large mammals	41
Number of identifiable epiphyses	5
Number of measureable bones	1

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Horse	1	Maxillary Tooth (1 Most)	view More Information on Horse Bones in Context 601495 Bone number 24 Unique number assigned to bone: 24 Type of species: HORSE Type of bone: MAXILLARY TOOTH part of bone present: MOST Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 4 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 49 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): L Age of animal [codes: FN = foetal. I = immature. J = juvenile. O = old. SA = senior adult. YA = young adult]: A Zoological comment on zones: MAX CHEEK TOOTH; PHOTO TAKEN - EXTRACTED FOR C14

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	BONE
Material type	ANIMAL BONE: HORSE
Context description	DATE FOR NORTHERN "BARROW"
General comments	SAMPLE ID: 601495
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	92694 (GU54247)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2128
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	24
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)	-22.4
Delta 15N (δ15N stable isotope)	4.6
Primary early calibrated date range	-346
Primary late calibrated date range	-56
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%