Site Event/Activity record ESF20133 - Evaluation, 47 Wherstead Road, Ipswich, (IAS 7606).

The evaluation to the rear of 47 Wherstead Road was designed to see if the medieval leper hospital of St Leonard extended into this area. No structural remains or burials associated with St Leonard's were detected but a series of large pits dating to the medieval and post-medieval periods (13th to 18th centuries) were revealed. Wherstead Road was an established route by the medieval (if not Saxon) period, with buildings of 16th to 17th century date still surviving. The deep pitting could be associated with the extraction of sand and gravel. Finds of several periods were recovered from the backfilled pits, including a residual pottery sherd of Early Saxon date. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. IPS 527 Planning Application No. IP/04/00967/FUL NMR No. 1512880 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Housing estate Methods and Techniques: Sample Trenches Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Site status: None Current Land use: Residential 1 - General Residential Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Post Medieval , PIT Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Medieval , POTTERY Post Medieval , POTTERY Early Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 525.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM1652043520 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: K. Wade Director/Manager: John Newman Supervisor: Jezz Meredith DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: other Media: Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: other Media: Correspondence, Miscellaneous Material, Plan PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: IPS 527 47 Wherstead Rd archaeological evaluation Author(s)/Editor(s): Meredith, J. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS rpt no 2007/117 Date: 2007 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: IPswich Description: Spiral bound copy of c.28 sides, includes report on evaluation, appendices on Brief and Specification and Documentary Research by Anthony Breen