Ipswich UAD child record record IPS 1053 - Building 0776

This sunken featured building lay some 22m west of roadway 1590 but not on the same orientation. Only the eastern edge of the building, 3m long and 60cm deep, survived truncation by LMED friary features and the south-east corner had been removed by MLS pit 0661. The bases of two possible post holes (1015, 1016) below the pit could belong to the south wall of the structure, but the acute angle formed with the known east edge of the building argues against this.
The east wall comprised three regularly spaced post holes (1015, 1010, 0686), each separated by a row of four stake holes. Only one posthole (1002) survived in the north wall, separated from the north-east corner post (1005) by two stake holes. Posthole 1002 appeared to be set into the east end of a deeper footing trench (0799).
A fragmentary clay spread on the base of the pit probably indicated the floor surface.
As with building 0434, the postholes contained Ipswich ware only, suggesting a late MS construction date, whereas the filling contained 89% Ipswich ware and 11% Thetford ware indicating abandonment early in the ELS period.
This building is unlike any of the other ELS/MLS/EMED sunken featured buildings from Ipswich, and is more like the EMS building (IAS 5203 0125) found on the St. Peter's Street site, (S1).