Monument record IPS 778 - Land at Northern Fringe, Ipswich.

2015: Conditions for fieldwalking varied across the site area, with some smaller outlying fields being unable to be surveyed due to grass and vegetation cover. A further portion of the north-west area of the site was under short crop at the time of the survey. Therefore although this area was surveyed the results from it were comparatively sparse. Where conditions were not adverse the silty nature of much of the topsoil was adequate for fieldwalking purposes. Artefact densities were moderate across the study area, and consisted primarily of post-medieval to modern pottery, ceramic building material and metalwork. Smaller assemblages of prehistoric struck flints and approximately 811g of undateable burnt flint were also recovered. The distribution of the finds in general represents no obvious patterning, beyond a broad focus of burnt flint concentrations to the south-west. This may represent scattered prehistoric activity in this area, possibly relating to the cropmark complex previously identified as potential later prehistoric funerary or agricultural enclosures located here. The volume of prehistoric material over the rest of the site is likely to represent mpersistent, intermittent activity over a long period, with the bulk of the material dating to the later prehistoric period, (S1).