Ipswich UAD child record record IPS 1158 - Building 0317

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Summary

Early Late Saxon Sunken Feature Building.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 1640 4452 (3m by 6m)
Map sheet TM14SE
Civil Parish IPSWICH, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

This sunken featured building appears to have had a short life as its east end cut ELS pit 0411.
The building had been heavily disturbed by later features, making it difficult to calculate its original dimensions. About 2.1m of a foundation trench (0390, 0404) along the northern side of the building remained intact, along with a short stretch of a similarly narrow trench (0446) and a post hole (0447) on the south indicating a length of 5m, north-south. Post holes 0384, 0387, 0388 and 0401, on the inside edge of trench 0390/0404, formed the north wall, ending in a north-east corner post (0402). The width of the building is uncertain but exceeded 2.7m.
The east wall was represented by a thin line of carbonized wood (0400) along the edge of the pit, presumably the remains of planking, and post holes 0403 and 0402.
The building pit was 40cm deep but, taking into account the truncation of the south end of the site, the original depth would have been nearer 1m. On the north side of slot 390, discoloured natural layers (0391, 0416, 0420) indicated backfill of the gap between the edge of the pit and the timber wall.
A number of thin horizontal bands of light sandy fill, on the base of the pit, probably represent floor surfaces. Further post holes (0318, 0385, 0386, 0389, 0394, 0399) were found cut into these layers, (S1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Wade, K. 2014. Ipswich Archive Site Summaries: 32-38 Buttermarket.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 9 2017 11:02AM

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