Ipswich UAD child record record IPS 1322 - Structure

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Summary

Middle Saxon to Early Late Saxon Structure

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 1642 4382 (6m by 14m)
Map sheet TM14SE
Civil Parish IPSWICH, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

A north-south foundation trench (0145) , c.10m long, 60cm wide and 20-50cm deep, on the east side of ditch 0090, was cut into two sections (0145, 0149) by PMED pit 0148. The trench had an irregular base and contained many pieces of septaria, which appeared to be the packing for vertical posts set into it in two places (0153, 0154). The south end comprised two separated irregular parts (0152, 0242).
Just south of trench 0145 was a group of 12 postholes (0097, 0147, 0176, 0201, 0202, 0208, 0213, 0217, 0230, 0231, 0238, 0239). Postholes 0230 and 0231, adjacent to the south end of trench 0145, look like a return eastward of that trench and 0231 also had septaria in its fill The postholes south of this form a rectangular structure, roughly 3m by 2m. It is quite possible that foundation trench 0145 is the east side of a building with the postholes forming a porch at the mid-point of its south end. The postholes contained no datable finds which is suggestive of an early (MS) date and trench 0145 had one Ipswich ware sherd, (S1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Wade, K. 2014. Ipswich Archive Site Summaries, Site name: Vernon Street.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

May 23 2017 1:56PM

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