Site Event/Activity record ESF20494 - Evaluation, 85-87 Fore Street, Ipswich, (IAS 6106).

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Location

Location 85-87 Fore Street
Grid reference Centred TM 1683 4418 (29m by 47m) (4 map features)
Map sheet TM14SE
Civil Parish IPSWICH, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

A trial trench was carried out at the above site in advance of a proposal to construct student accommodation. The southern part of the site was found to have seen heavy truncation due to 19th cellaring along the Fore Street frontage. Significant, but slightly less substantial truncation was encountered in much of the rest of the site, with the exception of an area approximately 12m deep along the northern frontage. Here relatively shallow coherent medieval soil-like deposits were identified at c. 4.2 AOD (less than 1m below existing ground level). Given that evidence for Saxon occupation was recorded in an earlier excavation in 1990 it is presumed that similar well-preserved remains may lay in this part of the site sealed beneath the medieval deposits. Excavation of an area along the northern frontage was therefore recommended, in the event that construction mitigation is not sufficient to ensure the preservation of these deposits. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. IPS 585 Sitecode IAS 6106 NMR No. 1459069 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Urban residential (e.g. flats, houses, etc.) Methods and Techniques: Topographic Survey, Targeted Trenches, Visual Inspection Position in the Planning Process: Pre-application Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Site status: None Monument Type(s)/Period(s): LAYER Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): CERAMICS Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 814.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM16844418 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: K. Wade Director/Manager: Rhodri Gardner Supervisor: Rhodri Gardner DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: AHDS Contents: Ceramics, Stratigraphic Media: Text, Images raster / digital photography PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics, Stratigraphic Media: Context sheet, Map, Plan, Section, Unpublished Text PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Ceramics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: IAS 6016 85-87 Fore Street Author(s)/Editor(s): Gardner, R. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2007/179 Date: 2007 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: A4 ring-bound.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Gardner, R.. 2007. Archaeological Evaluation Report, 85-87 Fore Street, Ipswich, IPS 585, IAS 6101.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • 85-87 Fore Street, Ipswich, (IAS 6106) (Monument)

Record last edited

Apr 26 2023 12:38PM

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