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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 780148

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Context Information

Context number	780148
Parent context number	780151
Child context number(s)	None
Settlement ?	Fenstanton Gravels 4
General Period of Feature	Early Roman
A14 Area	Fenstanton Gravels (TEA28)
Associated digital archive	MOLA Headland Infrastructure (2025) A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works at Fenstanton Gravels Landscape Block, 2016-2018 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1081254

Context Sheet(s)

Context sheet for context 780148
Filename	A14-TEA28-CN780148.pdf (372 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Fenstanton Gravels Context Sheets (780125-780419)		PDF	Download

Finds

Small Find Number	Object Type	Material	Period of Find	More Information	Find Photograph
78020	Horsebit	Iron	Roman	view Find Information for small find number 78020 Object: Horsebit Accession number: 78020 Material: Iron Material species: Unidentified Species Function: Military equipment Small find period: Roman Period of stratigraphy: Roman Early date: 0 Late date: 0 Typology: HACKAMORE Description: Incomplete; L (76)mm; W (53)mm; Th 8.5mm; W loop 23mm; H loop 15.7mm; Wt 23.8g. Iron hackamore fragment; square-sectioned iron bar, bent at a right angle and broken at both ends; an integral loop is on the outside of one arm near the bend. Similar pieces can be seen on equestrian hackamores from Haltern (Harnecker 1997, Taf.64.708, 65.714) and London (BZY10<2323>). Completeness: IC Count of fragments: 1 Method of recovery: Unrecorded - Default assumption is hand collected Was the object discovered during survey?: 0 Does the object fall under the treasure act?: 0 the object has been discarded?: 0	Post excavation photograph of Small Find Number 78020 Post excavation photograph of Small Find Number 78020 [DOWNLOAD] right-click and save link View file information
78021	Needle	Copper Alloy	Roman (43 - 410)	view Find Information for small find number 78021 Object: Needle Accession number: 78021 Material: Copper Alloy Material species: Unidentified Species Function: Manufacture or working of textiles Small find period: Roman Period of stratigraphy: Roman Early date: 43 Late date: 410 Typology: CRUMMY 1983 3 Description: Complete (slightly bent)103mm; max W head 2.7mm; W below eye 2.4mm; W eye .8mm; L eye 7.1mm. Copper-alloy needle; unexpanded simple head with slit eye set in middle of longitudinal groove; circular-sectioned tapering shaft, slightly bent. As Crummy type 3 (1983, 66-7, fig 70). Completeness: C Weight: 2g Count of fragments: 1 Method of recovery: Unrecorded - Default assumption is hand collected Was the object discovered during survey?: 0 Does the object fall under the treasure act?: 0 the object has been discarded?: 0	Post excavation photograph of Small Find Number 78021 Post excavation photograph of Small Find Number 78021 [DOWNLOAD] right-click and save link View file information
78023	Nail	Iron	Roman	view Find Information for small find number 78023 Object: Nail Accession number: 78023 Material: Iron Material species: Unidentified Species Function: Nails Small find period: Roman Period of stratigraphy: Roman Early date: 0 Late date: 0 Typology: 1B 2nd typology: M Completeness: NC Weight: 12g Count of fragments: 2 Estimated number of vessels represented by this material: 1 Method of recovery: Unrecorded - Default assumption is hand collected Was the object discovered during survey?: 0 Does the object fall under the treasure act?: 0 the object has been discarded?: 0

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	0
State of preservation	MIXED
Weight	0.033g
Number of bones large mammals	4
Number of bones medium mammals	5
Number of burnt bones	1