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

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Location

Location Stoke Quay, 7-11 Great Whip St
Grid reference TM 1656 4380 (point)
Map sheet TM14SE
Civil Parish IPSWICH, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

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.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Cass S. 2011. Archaeological Evaluation Report, Stoke Quay, Great Whip Street, Ipswich.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Stoke Quay, Great Whip Street, Ipswich. (Monument)

Record last edited

Nov 21 2016 3:39PM

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