Site Event/Activity record ESF25058 - Evaluation, Stoke Quay, Great Whip Street, Ipswich

An evaluation carried out on land at Stoke Quay (7-11 Great Whip Street), Ipswich in July 2011 encountered finds and features of Anglo-Saxon date and medieval date. It also recorded an area of apparent inhumations potentially coinciding with the lost medieval church of St Austins. A single inhumation was discovered near the southern boundary of the site, orientated north-south, but no dating evidence was recovered at thsi stage. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future Yes Associated Identifiers: HER event no. IPS 144 HER event no. IPS 270 HER event no. IPS 643 Planning Application No. 07/00242/FUL Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Urban residential (e.g. flats, houses, etc.) Methods and Techniques: 'Sample Trenches', 'Environmental Sampling', 'Targeted Trenches' Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Site status: Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI) Current Land use: Industry and Commerce 1 - Industrial Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Early Medieval , PIT Early Medieval , PIT Medieval , EXTENDED INHUMATION Uncertain, EXTENDED INHUMATION Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Early Medieval , BONE Early Medieval , BROOCH Early Medieval , POTTERY Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 1.00 Hectares Grid Reference: TM16544383 Point Height 1.43 - 1.75 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: K. Wade Director/Manager: Rhodri Gardner Supervisor: Simon Cass DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: 'Environmental', 'Human Bones', 'Metal', 'Survey', 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics' Media: 'Database', 'Text', 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Survey' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Human Bones', 'Metal', 'Survey' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Drawing', 'Notebook - Excavation', ' Research', ' General Notes', 'Photograph', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: 'Animal Bones', 'Ceramics', 'Environmental', 'Human Bones', 'Metal' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Stoke Quay, 7-11 Great Whip Street, Ipswich IPS 643 Archaeological Evaluation Author(s)/Editor(s): Cass, S. Other Bibliographic Details: 2011/096 Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: An archaeological evaluation report, in house style. bound and covered in card, documenting an evaluation carried out in 2011.