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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 780823

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Context Information

Context number	780823
Parent context number	780824
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	340 (Ditch)
Settlement ?	Fenstanton Gravels 4
General Period of Feature	Middle-Late Iron Age
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 780823
Filename	A14-TEA28-CN780823.pdf (290 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Fenstanton Gravels Context Sheets (780700-780999)		PDF	Download

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.007g
Animal remains type(s) present	Sheep or Goat
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 Fragment)	view More Information on Sheep/Goat Bones in Context 780823 Bone number 38 Unique number assigned to bone: 38 Type of species: SHEEP/GOAT Type of bone: RADIUS part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 2 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 6 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 - EXTRACTED FOR C14 Modification data for bone number 38 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 P&D

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	BONE
Material type	ANIMAL BONE: SHEEP/GOAT
Context description	NO COMMENTS LISTED
General comments	SAMPLE ID: 780823
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	92376 (GU54186)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2176
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	28
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)	-21.9
Delta 15N (δ15N stable isotope)	7.3
Primary early calibrated date range	-361
Primary late calibrated date range	-166
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%