Site Event/Activity record ESF22013 - Evaluation, Philip Avenue, Felixstowe

PROJECT DETAILS Archaeological trial trench evaluation was conducted for Orwell Housing Ltd ahead of proposed development for residential purposes of land off Philip Avenue, Felixstowe. The evidence recovered indicates that there was no intensive activity undertaken at the site and despite archaeological features being present in each of the four trenches, the site appears to have been marginal and relatively unoccupied. Two north-south linear features, perhaps gullies or land divisions were recorded, along with an east-west aligned linear feature with a terminus. It appears that there was a Roman presence in the vicinity of the site; Roman domestic pottery and ceramic building material were collected from features and there is also some evidence of skinning for retrieval of hides and perhaps horn working. It appears that material from the site including the Roman pottery, tile and animal bone may have been dumped there as the result of activity taking place in the vicinity, indicating that there was some form of Roman occupation relatively close by. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. FEX285 HER event no. BAU2521 NMR No. 1574863 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Rural residential Methods and Techniques: ''''Sample Trenches'''' Position in the Planning Process: Not known / Not recorded Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPS Site status: None Current Land use: Other 13 - Waste ground Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Roman, DITCH Roman, GULLY Roman Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): FLINT Late Prehistoric, POT Roman, TILE Roman PROJECT LOCATION Area 3000.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM292341 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Services Design originator: NPS Archaeology Director/Manager: david whitmore Supervisor: Michael J Boyle DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: NPS Archaeology Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Worked stone/lithics', 'other' Media: 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Images vector', 'Spreadsheets', 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: SCCAS Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Worked stone/lithics', 'other' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: SCCAS Contents: 'Ceramics', 'Worked stone/lithics', 'other' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at Philip Avenue, Felixstowe, Suffolk Author(s)/Editor(s): Boyle, M, Other Bibliographic Details: Report 2521 Date: 2012 Issuer/Publisher: NPS Archaeology Place of Issue or Publication: Norwich Description: A4 paper, double-sided, colour-printed, spiral-bound; PDF