Back to Archives Search

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 730848

How to cite this record.

Context Information

Context number	730848
Parent context number	730846
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	7 (Pit Group)
Settlement ?	Brampton West 1
General Period of Feature	Middle-Late Iron Age
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 730848
Filename	A14-TEA07-CN730848.pdf (82 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (730001-730999)		PDF	Download

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
26223	-	Sandy grog-tempered fabric, coarse (GRSAC-B) (identification uncertain)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 26223 Vessel identification number: 41171 Number of fragments recovered: 5 Weight (in g): 55 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: HAND-BUILT Count of sherds collected from sample: 0 Comments: BIG VESSEL. POSSIBLE SCORING DECOTARION (VERY FAINT). Decoration information for vessel no. 41171 Decoration type: Barbotine Scale Decoration Location of decoration on vessel: BODY (UNCERTAIN)
26225	-	Sandy grog-tempered fabric, medium (GRSAM-B) (identification uncertain)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 26225 Vessel identification number: 41173 Number of fragments recovered: 2 Weight (in g): 9 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 Is pottery sooted?: 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: UNCERTAIN Count of sherds collected from sample: 0
26224	JA5-B	Sandy grog-tempered fabric, medium (GRSAM-B) (identification uncertain)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 26224 Vessel identification number: 41172 Number of fragments recovered: 2 Weight (in g): 20 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 280 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 Comments: POSSIBLY WHEEL MADE.
26221	JA5-B	Shelly grog-tempered fabric, coarse (GRSHC-B)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 26221 Vessel identification number: 41168 Number of fragments recovered: 4 Weight (in g): 373 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 400 Is pottery sooted?: Y Does pottery show signs of limescale?: Y 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: HAND-BUILT Count of sherds collected from sample: 0 Comments: LEACHED OUT SHELL. VERY BIG VESSEL. POSSIBLE LIMESCALE OR SOME OTHER RESIDUE? (NATURAL?). FLAT RIM. Vessel identification number: 41169 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 7 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 400 Is pottery worn?: UNWORN Is pottery abraided?: UNABRADED 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: ONLY RIM PRESENT (MEASUREMENTS QUITE DIFFICULT TO TAKE)
27309	-	Sand-and-shell fabric, coarse (SASHC-B) (identification uncertain)	Iron Age	view Vessel information for pot no. 27309 Vessel identification number: 43497 Number of fragments recovered: 4 Weight (in g): 42 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 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 Decoration information for vessel no. 43497 Decoration type: Barbotine Scale Decoration Location of decoration on vessel: BODY (UNCERTAIN)

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.03g
Animal remains type(s) present	Sheep or Goat
Number of bones large mammals	6
Number of bones medium mammals	1

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Sheep/Goat	1	Radius (1 Shaft)	view More Information on Sheep/Goat Bones in Context 730848 Bone number 15 Unique number assigned to bone: 15 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: RADIUS part of bone present: SHAFT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 2 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 5 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): R Bone area(s) These are numbers assigned to areas of a bone that are identifiable to species, skeletal element and body-side even when the bone is heavily fragmented. The allocation of zones to specific bones varies; this system was devised by James Rackham and provides a useful brief description of what part of a bone is present. Contact MOLA specialists for more information: Z3 Zoological comment on zones: PHOTO TAKEN - BONE EXTRACTED FOR C14 SAMPLE Modification data for bone number 15 Common or English name of the species: SHEEP/GOAT Code for name of bone: RAD Number of fragments recovered: 1 State of the bone concerned: Gnawing Description of fragment/bone: SL CAN GN EITHER END

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	BONE
Material type	SHEEP/ GOAT3
Context description	PIT WHICH TRUNCATES MAIN IA ENCLOSURES - POSS VERY LIA/RB
General comments	Sample Reference: A14_730848
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	91466 (GU53754)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2161
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	24
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)	-21.8
Delta 15N (δ15N stable isotope)	5.6
Primary early calibrated date range	-356
Primary late calibrated date range	-114
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%