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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 733236

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Context Information

Context number	733236
Parent context number	733081
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	537 (Well/Waterhole)
General Period of Feature	Mid 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

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Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
7618	30	0	Wet	10	view Comments: OF TWO BUCKETS IN ST NEOTS 1 CONTAINED ONLY PIECES OF WOOD SO ONLY 0.25L WAS PROCESSED OF THE OTHER. Specialist comments:	view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 7618 (4 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: WLG SEEDS Abundance: Occasional Comments: URTICA DIOICA Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: WLG WOOD Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: INV EPHIPPIA Abundance: Occasional Comments: CLADOCERA Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: INV MITES Abundance: Occasional
7621	10	0		0		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 7621 (0 records)

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 7618)
Sample number	7618
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	30
Volume flotted (L)	10.25
Abundance of water-logged seeds	1-10
Diversity of water-logged seeds	0
Comments	POSSIBLE OCCUPATION LAYER OF TWO BUCKETS IN ST NEOTS 1 CONTAINED ONLY PIECES OF WOOD SO ONLY 0.25L WAS PROCESSED OF THE OTHER.

Wet sieving (sample 7618)
Sample number	7618
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	30
Volume flotted (L)	10.25
Abundance of water-logged wood	1-10
Diversity of water-logged wood	0
Comments	POSSIBLE OCCUPATION LAYER OF TWO BUCKETS IN ST NEOTS 1 CONTAINED ONLY PIECES OF WOOD SO ONLY 0.25L WAS PROCESSED OF THE OTHER.

Botany Analysis results

Sample number	English plant species name	Latin plant species name	Plant part	Amount	Estimated/Real	State of preservation	Comments
7618	knotgrass	Polygonum aviculare L.	Seed	1	Estimated	Waterlogged
7618	dock	cf. Rumex spp.	Seed	1	Estimated	Waterlogged
7618	stinging nettle	Urtica dioica L.	Seed	1	Estimated	Waterlogged
7618	self-heal	Prunella vulgaris L.	Seed	1	Estimated	Waterlogged
7618	-	cf. Asteraceae indet	Seed	1	Estimated	Waterlogged