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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 722327

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Context Information

Context number	722327
Parent context number	720720
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	304 (Well/Waterhole), Subgroup number: 4
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 722327
Filename	A14-TEA07-CN722327.pdf (80 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (722001-722999)		PDF	Download

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	72322
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.004g
Number of bones medium mammals	4
Summary notes	UNID

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Oyster, Common/Flat	1	Bivalve Mollusc Valve (1 Fragment)	view More Information on Oyster, Common/Flat Bones in Context 722327 Bone number 186 Unique number assigned to bone: 186 Type of species: OYSTER, COMMON/FLAT Type of bone: BIVALVE MOLLUSC VALVE part of bone present: FRAGMENT Number of fragments recovered: 0 Weight (in g): 0 Sieve size used to recover the bone: 1 Zoological comment on zones: FRAGMENT

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
72322	20	0	Wet	20		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 72322 (5 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: INV PUPARIA Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: WLG SEEDS Abundance: Abundant Diversity: Medium Comments: URTICA DIOICA, LAMIUM SP. SAMBUCUS NIGRA, POLYGONUM AVICULARE, POLYGONUM HYDROPIPER, STELLARIA MEDIA, HYCOSYAMUS NIGER Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE MISC Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: MOLSC MARINE MUSSEL Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Abundant

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 72322)
Sample number	72322
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of water-logged seeds	50+
Diversity of water-logged seeds	4-6 taxa
Comments	FILL OF WELL SHAFT HOW WAS SAMPLE PROCESSED? WIDE VARIETY OF SPECIES. PMF ANALYSIS INFO ON LANDSCAPE- DEPENDING ON CONTEXT

Wet sieving (sample 72322)
Sample number	72322
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred wood	50+
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	FILL OF WELL SHAFT HOW WAS SAMPLE PROCESSED? WIDE VARIETY OF SPECIES. PMF ANALYSIS INFO ON LANDSCAPE- DEPENDING ON CONTEXT

Botany Analysis results

Sample number	English plant species name	Latin plant species name	Plant part	Amount	Estimated/Real	State of preservation	Comments
72322	common chickweed	Stellaria media (L.) vilL.	Seed	1	Estimated	Waterlogged
72322	knotgrass	Polygonum aviculare L.	Seed	1	Estimated	Waterlogged
72322	stinging nettle	Urtica dioica L.	Seed	2	Estimated	Waterlogged
72322	henbane	Hyoscyamus niger L.	Seed	1	Estimated	Waterlogged
72322	dead-nettle	cf. Lamium sp.	Seed	1	Estimated	Waterlogged
72322	elder	Sambucus nigra L.	Seed	2	Estimated	Waterlogged