Monument record IPS 307 - Corner of Buttermarket and Queens Street, Ipswich, (IAS 3003).

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Summary

Demolition then subsequent footing excavation for new building revealed Thetford Ware, Medieval and Post Medieval pot, and glass bottles.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 16266 44540 (21m by 18m)
Map sheet	TM14SE
Civil Parish	IPSWICH, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK

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1957: Demolition of old Alliance building and the digging of foundations for a new building located Thetford ware pottery. Also sherds of Medieval and Post Medievel pottery as well as glass animal and human bones, Anglo-Saxon, mediaeval and later, and coin of James I (S1-S4)

James I, 1603 - 1625 coin. Found during the cleaning the foundations of the Old Alliance building in Cheapside (corner of Buttermarket & Queen St) Silver, skilling, o: Jacobus D.G. Mag. Biit. FRA ET Hib.Rex' (As on English coins. R: (Martlet) HEMRICUS. ROSAS. REGNA. JACOBUS. Crowned Haep Martlet Mint mark. 1957 Feb Retained by finder (S5).

Sources/Archives (6)

<S1> SSF50068 Index: Suffolk Archaeology Unit. 1974. SAU index card and Archive. IAS 3003.
<S2> SSF55934 Index: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. 1974. Ipswich Archaeological Survey Card Index (digital version).. IAS 3003.
<S3> SSF55968 Article in serial: Smedley, N. and F. A. Aberg. 1957. Archaeology in Suffolk 1957.
<S4> SSF50070 Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. 1951.109?.
<S5> SSF57815 Machine readable data file: Suffolk County Council Archaeologcial Service. 2017. Ipswich PMED Records Spreadsheet.
<S6> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

Finds (7)

FSF24588: POTTERY THETFORD (IPS: Early Late Saxon to 12th century - 850 AD to 1100 AD)
FSF24589: POTTERY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FSF24590: BOTTLE (Undated)
FSF24591: ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
FSF24592: HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
FSF24593: POTTERY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
FSF5406: COIN (17th century - 1603 AD? to 1625 AD?)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Intervention: Casual Observation? Corner of Buttermarket and Queens Street, Ipswich, (IAS 3003). (ESF23466)

Record last edited

May 25 2021 11:01AM