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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 720952

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Context Information

Context number	720952
Parent context number	720720
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	304 (Well/Waterhole), Subgroup number: 6
Settlement ?	Brampton West 100
General Period of Feature	Late Roman
A14 Area	Brampton West (TEA07)
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 720952
Filename	A14-TEA07-CN720952.pdf (77 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (720750-720999)		PDF	Download

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	72084
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.001g
Number of amphibian bones	1

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Vole, Unidentified	1	Humerus (1 Distal)	view More Information on Vole, Unidentified Bones in Context 720952 Bone number 1524 Unique number assigned to bone: 1524 Type of species: VOLE, UNIDENTIFIED Type of bone: HUMERUS part of bone present: DISTAL Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 2 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): R Sieve size used to recover the bone: 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
72084	10	0	Dry	10	view Comments: MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT Specialist comments:	view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 72084 (6 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Abundant Diversity: Low Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE BIRD Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE L MAM Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Moderate Diversity: Low Comments: HOR VU, TRI SP (12 GRAINS) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD CHAFF Abundance: Moderate Diversity: Low Comments: GB Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD SEEDS Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: CHE

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 72084)
Sample number	72084
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	10
Volume flotted (L)	10
Abundance of charred grain	11-50
Diversity of charred grain	1-3 taxa
Abundance of charred chaff	11-50
Diversity of charred chaff	1-3 taxa
Abundance of charred seeds	1-10
Diversity of charred seeds	1-3 taxa
Abundance of charred wood	50+
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	POSSIBLE REMAINS OF LEATHER MAGNETIC RESIDUE PRESENT

Botany Analysis results

Sample number	English plant species name	Latin plant species name	Plant part	Amount	Estimated/Real	State of preservation	Comments
72084	spelt	Triticum spelta L.	Glume Base	6	Real	Charred
72084	spelt	Triticum cf. spelta	Seed	2	Real	Charred	VERY BAD PRESERVATION IN ALL GRAINS
72084	wheat	Triticum sp.	Seed	4	Real	Charred
72084	wheat	Triticum spp.	Seed	4	Real	Charred
72084	barley or wheat	cf. Hordeum/triticum spp.	Seed	9	Real	Charred
72084	fat hen	Chenopodium album L.	Seed	6	Real	Charred	PROBABLY MODERN