Site Event/Activity record ESF23834 - Excavation, 2 Bridge Street, Ipswich, (IAS 6202).

Circumstances of excavation The ‘Stoke Bridge and approaches’ road scheme in 1981 involved the construction of a new bridge across the River Orwell, adjacent to Stoke Bridge, and two new roundabouts, north of the bridge and west of Bridge Street. The scheme also included a storm water relief drain under the new carriageway. Suffolk County Council’s Highways Department gave the Suffolk Archaeological Unit permission to excavate five trenches prior to highway works. The two northern trenches were recorded as Greyfriars Road (IAS5201) and Greyfriars Road/St Peters Street (IAS5202). The southern three were recorded as Bridge Street (IAS6202, trenches 0001, 0550, and 0620).