Site Event/Activity record ESF15067 - Excavation, Old Foundry Road, Ipswich, (IAS 1501).

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Location

Location Old Foundry Road, Ipswich.
Grid reference Centred TM 1666 4465 (6m by 7m)
Map sheet TM14SE
Civil Parish IPSWICH, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

Date

1/1/74

Map

Description

The site was overgrown, waste land which lay on the assumed line of the town defences on the north side of the town. The site, between St Margaret’s Street, to the north-east, and Old Foundry Road, to the south-west was owned by Ipswich Borough Council, which gave permission to the Suffolk Archaeological Unit for this opportunistic research excavation in 1974. Site Constraints Although the site was flanked by standing buildings, it was possible to cut a 1.5m wide trench, down the centre of the plot on a north-east to south-west alignment, but the depth of excavation (up to 3m) raised health and safety issues. As a result, the lower levels were machine excavated.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Unpublished document: Wade, K.. 2013. Ipswich Archive Site Summaries: Old Foundry Road.
  • --- Index: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. 1974. Ipswich Archaeological Survey Card Index (digital version).. IAS 1501.
  • --- Index: Suffolk Archaeology Unit. 1974. SAU index card and Archive. IAS 1501.
  • --- Article in serial: Owles, E. J.. 1974. Archaeology in Suffolk, 1974. XXXIII.2, pp. 212–224.. XXXIII.2, pp. 212–224..

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Old Foundry Road, Ipswich, (IAS 1501). (Monument)

Record last edited

Sep 14 2016 11:21AM

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