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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 604553

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Context Information

Context number	604553
Parent context number	604554
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	152 (Inhumation Burial)
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 604553
Filename	A14-TEA10-CN604553.pdf (108 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (604000-604796)		PDF	Download

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
12290	-	Shelly fabric, coarse (SHC-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 12290 Vessel identification number: 10349 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 2 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
12289	-	Sandy fabric, fine (SAF-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 12289 Vessel identification number: 10348 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 3 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

Human Remains

Inhumations

Preservation	Age group	Sex estimate	Inhumation details
Good	Young adult (18-25 years)	Female	view Inhumation details for object 50400 Sub sampled: 1 Comments: ANALYSIS MH 31/07/20 ORIENTATED NE-SW, SUPINE, HEAD TO SOUTH, LEGS BENT, SAMPLED FOR C14 DATE AND ADNA 30/19/20. TOOTH 25 AND RIB 1.6G SAMPLED FOR ISOTOPE. MEDIAL CLAVICLES UNFUSED 0%, M3 ROOTS NOT CLOSED, WELL PRESERVED BONE, SKULL AND TORSO FRAGMENTED. [604552] NOT INHUMATION, SAMPLE: 10892, 10893, 10894, 10895, 10896 ASSOCIATED WITH [604553] AND REASSOCIATED. C14 SAMPLE. Pathology comments: NONE

Inhumation pathology

Pathology code	Disease	Pathology	Comments	Pathology location(s) ?
1001	Blood Disorders	Cribra orbitalia left
1002	Blood Disorders	Cribra orbitalia right

Radiocarbon Dating

Radiocarbon sample (GU53799)
Sample material	BONE
Material type	HUMAN BONE
Context description	DATE OF LIA? BURIAL
General comments	SAMPLE ID: 604553 SAMPLE FAILED.
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	(GU53799)
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%

Radiocarbon sample (GU57421)
Sample material	BONE
Material type	HUMAN BONE
Context description	INHUMATION BURIAL. FILL OF 604554.
General comments	Failed due to insufficient carbon.
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	(GU57421)