Ipswich UAD child record record IPS 1072 - Building 0707

Only the south half of this sunken featured building could be excavated on the north edge of the extension trench, to the north-west of the main site. It was 6.8m long, over 2.4m wide and 1.4m deep below the surface of natural.Access to the cellar from the outside was by a sloping entrance (0792), slightly west of centre, on the south side of the building. This was long enough to afford a gentle gradient down to the floor ofthe cellar, although, in section, the natural was cut very steeply at the far south end. No traces of any flooring materials were found onthebase of the sunken feature. The south wall comprised six postholes (0754, 0755, 0756, 0803, 0825, 0836) with a gap between 0754 and 0825, marking the entrance. Only two postholes (0837, 0838) were recorded in the west wall as it was not fully excavated. The filling of the cellar was unusual with a high percentage of silt. The bottom 40cm, in particular, showed a build-up of thin silt bands, interspersed with bands of sand and gravel band, possibly derived from the partial collapse of the cellar walls. Unlike other buildings on the site, this structure showed definite signs of abandonment, in comparison to the cellars of other buildings, which appear to have been filled deliberately with domestic rubbish, (S1).