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 790016

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Context Information

Context number 790016
Parent context number 790014
Child context number(s) None
Group number 63 (Ditch)
Land use interpretation Enclosure (E5)
Settlement ? Fenstanton Gravels 4
General Period of Feature 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 790016
Filename A14-TEA28-CN790016.pdf (85 kB) Text
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PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Fenstanton Gravels Context Sheets (781400-790170)

Human Remains

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Environmental Data

Processed samples
Sample number Volume proccessed (L) Volume wet-sieved (L) Type of flotation Volume of flotted material (L) Comments Assessment results
79003 20 0 Dry 20 view

Comments: NOTHING RECOVERED FROM RESIDUE

Specialist comments:

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Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 79003 (3 records)


Sieving/flotation process: Flotation
Environmental material identified: MOLSC TR
Abundance: Occasional
Diversity: Low
Comments: PUPILLA, ANISUS, TROCHULUS


Sieving/flotation process: Flotation
Environmental material identified: CHD SEEDS
Abundance: Occasional
Comments: ANTARCOTI


Sieving/flotation process: Flotation
Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD
Abundance: Occasional

Botany Data
Flotation (sample 79003)
Sample number 79003
ProcessFlotation
Volume processed (L)20
Volume flotted (L)20
Abundance of charred seeds1-10
Diversity of charred seeds0
Abundance of charred wood1-10
Diversity of charred wood0
CommentsBANJO ENCLOSURE NOTHING RECOVERED FROM RESIDUE

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample materialCHARRED WOOD
Material typeILEX AQUIFOLIUM
Context descriptionDATE FOR BANJO ENCLOSURE
General commentsSample ID 79003
Laboratory nameSUERC
Laboratory sample code91391 (GU53723)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age2048
Conventional radiocarbon age error range25
Primary early calibrated date range-161
Primary late calibrated date range17
Primary calibrated date range confidence95.4%

Context Photographs