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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 603042

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Context Information

Context number	603042
Parent context number	603064
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	44 (Ditch)
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 603042
Filename	A14-TEA10-CN603042.pdf (92 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (603000-603999)		PDF	Download

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
11731	-	Sandy grog-tempered fabric, medium (GRSAM-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 11731 Vessel identification number: 9573 Number of fragments recovered: 15 Weight (in g): 180 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
11708	JA9-B	Sandy fabric, medium (SAM-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 11708 Vessel identification number: 9553 Number of fragments recovered: 5 Weight (in g): 167 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 120 Does pottery contain a residue?: Y 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: HAND-BUILT Count of sherds collected from sample: 0 Comments: RESIDUE ON INTERIOR SURFACE.
11738	BO10-B	Shelly fabric, coarse (SHC-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 11738 Vessel identification number: 9579 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 25 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 180 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
11730	JA20-B	Sandy fabric, fine (SAF-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 11730 Vessel identification number: 9572 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 15 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 220 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
11714	JA20-B	Sandy grog-tempered fabric, medium (GRSAM-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 11714 Vessel identification number: 9555 Number of fragments recovered: 4 Weight (in g): 118 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
11739	JA16-B	Shelly fabric, coarse (SHC-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 11739 Vessel identification number: 9580 Number of fragments recovered: 4 Weight (in g): 628 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 Decoration information for vessel no. 9580 Decoration type: Combed Decoration Location of decoration on vessel: BODY (UNCERTAIN)

Building Material

Fabric	Form	Material	Number of Pieces Recovered and Weight	Fabric Dates	Comments
Daub	Unkown	Daub	0 (110g)		view ASSESSMENT: FIRED CLAY/DAUB. WEIGHT ONLY.

Human Remains

Disarticulated human bone

Preservation	Age group	Sex estimate	Comments
Good	Adult	Probable male	view WELL PRESERVED, INTACT MANDIBLE OF PROBABLE ADULT MALE SHOWING POST MORTEM TOOTH LOSS, AMTL, AND PERIODONTAL DISEASE FROM BACKILL OF DITCH [603064] CONTAINING CHALK, CHARCOAL, ANIMAL BONE, ROMAN POTTERY AND HUMAN MANDIBLE. ALSO ANBN SHEEP/GOAT RIB, TIBIA. AMTL, PERIODONTAL DISEASE, TOOTH WEAR STAGE 2 (TEETH 48, 47, 43, 42, 41, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, AND 38 LOST POST MOREM, TOOTH 36 ANTEMORTEM LOSS).

Disarticulated bones

Bone number	Bone type	Bone segments	Bone pathology
B22	Mandible R	view Bone segment 1: 1 Bone segment 2: 0 Bone segment 3: 0 Bone segment 4: 0 Bone segment 5: 0 Bone segment 6: 0 Bone segment 7: 0 Bone segment 8: 0 Cranial segment note: Most of the cranial bones are scored as a single digit, the exceptions to this are the sphenoid and occipital bones, recorded as binary arrays. The sphenoid is recorded as five separate elements, the basisphenoid or body (B12) is recorded as a single digit. Each of the two wings (B11/B13) is recorded as a two-digit array, the first digit corresponding to the greater wing and the second digit corresponding to the lesser wing. The occipital bone is recorded relative to its four primary centres, the basioccipital (=pars basilaris) in B15, the exoccipitals (=pars lateralis) in B14 and B16 and the squamous portion in B17. The mandible is recorded as two halves: the right and the left.	view Pathology locations for object 895163, bone no B22 Pathology code: 1055 Pathology: Dental Disease: Miscellaneous Comments: AMTL, PERIODONTAL DISEASE, TOOTH WEAR
B23	Mandible L	view Bone segment 1: 1 Bone segment 2: 0 Bone segment 3: 0 Bone segment 4: 0 Bone segment 5: 0 Bone segment 6: 0 Bone segment 7: 0 Bone segment 8: 0 Cranial segment note: Most of the cranial bones are scored as a single digit, the exceptions to this are the sphenoid and occipital bones, recorded as binary arrays. The sphenoid is recorded as five separate elements, the basisphenoid or body (B12) is recorded as a single digit. Each of the two wings (B11/B13) is recorded as a two-digit array, the first digit corresponding to the greater wing and the second digit corresponding to the lesser wing. The occipital bone is recorded relative to its four primary centres, the basioccipital (=pars basilaris) in B15, the exoccipitals (=pars lateralis) in B14 and B16 and the squamous portion in B17. The mandible is recorded as two halves: the right and the left.
T37	Mandible L M2	view Bone segment 1: 1 Bone segment 2: 0 Bone segment 3: 0 Bone segment 4: 0 Bone segment 5: 0 Bone segment 6: 0 Bone segment 7: 0 Bone segment 8: 0 Tooth segment note: 1 Tooth and socket present, 2 Tooth lost post-mortem (socket present), 3 Tooth lost ante-mortem (socket present), 4 Congenital absence (socket present), 5 Tooth present (no socket), 6 Tooth erupting (socket present), 7 Deciduous retention null Tooth and socket absent (area missing)	view Pathology locations for object 895163, bone no T37 Pathology code: 1042 Pathology: Dyschondropasia Disease: Dysplasias Comments: ,periodontal disease, tooth wear stage 2
T44	Mandible R P3	view Bone segment 1: 1 Bone segment 2: 0 Bone segment 3: 0 Bone segment 4: 0 Bone segment 5: 0 Bone segment 6: 0 Bone segment 7: 0 Bone segment 8: 0 Tooth segment note: 1 Tooth and socket present, 2 Tooth lost post-mortem (socket present), 3 Tooth lost ante-mortem (socket present), 4 Congenital absence (socket present), 5 Tooth present (no socket), 6 Tooth erupting (socket present), 7 Deciduous retention null Tooth and socket absent (area missing)	view Pathology locations for object 895163, bone no T44 Pathology code: 1055 Pathology: Dental Disease: Miscellaneous Comments: periodontal disease, tooth wear stage 2
T45	Mandible R P4	view Bone segment 1: 1 Bone segment 2: 0 Bone segment 3: 0 Bone segment 4: 0 Bone segment 5: 0 Bone segment 6: 0 Bone segment 7: 0 Bone segment 8: 0 Tooth segment note: 1 Tooth and socket present, 2 Tooth lost post-mortem (socket present), 3 Tooth lost ante-mortem (socket present), 4 Congenital absence (socket present), 5 Tooth present (no socket), 6 Tooth erupting (socket present), 7 Deciduous retention null Tooth and socket absent (area missing)	view Pathology locations for object 895163, bone no T45 Pathology code: 1055 Pathology: Dental Disease: Miscellaneous Comments: periodontal disease, tooth wear stage 2
T46	Mandible R M1	view Bone segment 1: 1 Bone segment 2: 0 Bone segment 3: 0 Bone segment 4: 0 Bone segment 5: 0 Bone segment 6: 0 Bone segment 7: 0 Bone segment 8: 0 Tooth segment note: 1 Tooth and socket present, 2 Tooth lost post-mortem (socket present), 3 Tooth lost ante-mortem (socket present), 4 Congenital absence (socket present), 5 Tooth present (no socket), 6 Tooth erupting (socket present), 7 Deciduous retention null Tooth and socket absent (area missing)	view Pathology locations for object 895163, bone no T46 Pathology code: 1055 Pathology: Dental Disease: Miscellaneous Comments: periodontal disease, tooth wear stage 2