Ipswich UAD child record record IPS 1054 - Building 0883

This sunken featured building had been almost totally removed by pits to both the north and south (0033, 0859, 0880, 0867) and only a narrow east-west section survived in between, revealing a pit, 80cm deep. The orientation of the building was uncertain, but the surviving section appears to contain the full width, implying a north-south orientation. The survival of a post hole on both the east (0956) and the west (0957) sides of the pit provided a width of 2.5m.No evidence of any floor surfacing was found in the remnant of the cellar. A small post hole (0958), cut into the side of the pit may have been related. The stratigraphic evidence for dating was of little use as the cutting pits were considerably later and but the associated pottery assemblage was ELS, with one Ipswich ware sherd from posthole 0955.
The proportion of Ipswich ware (40%) to Thetford ware (60%) in the small amount of remaining fill was not as high as with building 0434 and 0776, but much more than in the later ELS building 5131 (with 23% Ipswich ware). On balance it seems likely that building 0883 was contemporary with buildings 0434 and 0776, and like them had a construction date in the late MS period and abandonment early in the ELS period.
Building 0434 is more likely to have been similar in size and construction. Both had relatively shallow pits (80cm for 0883 and 65cm for 0434) and were similar in width (2.5m).
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