Site Event/Activity record ESF20336 - Evaluation, allotment site, Morland Road, Ipswich

The evaluation was required in compliance with a planning condition attached to planning permission for a residential development. The evaluation revealed Saxon archaeological features in all four trenches. Only one feature was present in Trench 1, but otherwise the archaeological features were numerous. The trenches extended across a large area (approx 200m), but the archaeological features were broadly contemporary and directly comparable. F1034 in Trench 2 was a possible sunken-featured building, as was F1010 in Trench 3. Finds were sparse, none occurred in Trenches 2 and 3, and the finds were of a limited range, principally pottery. ?Daub was also found in one feature (Ditch F1014 Tr.4), but no animal bone or miscellaneous finds were present. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Yes Associated Identifiers: Contracting Unit No. P3643 Sitecode IPS 617 NMR No. 1524761 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Urban residential (e.g. flats, houses, etc.) Methods and Techniques: Targeted Trenches Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: None Current Land use: Vacant Land 1 - Vacant land previously developed Monument Type(s)/Period(s): SUNKEN FEATURED BUILDINGS Early Medieval , PITS Early Medieval , DITCHES Early Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Early Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 0.30 Hectares Grid Reference: TM179417 Point Height 35.00 - 40.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Organisation: Archaeological Solutions Ltd Brief originator: Suffolk County Council Design originator: Jon Murray Director/Manager: Jon Murray Supervisor: Gareth Barlow DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Archaeology Store Contents: Stratigraphic, Survey Media: Images raster / digital photography PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Archaeological Store Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, Stratigraphic, Survey Media: Context sheet, Drawing, Manuscript, Map, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section, Survey PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Archaeology Store Contents: Ceramics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Allotment Site, Morland Road, Ipswich, Suffolk Author(s)/Editor(s): Thompson, P. Other Bibliographic Details: AS Report No. 3464 Date: 2010 Issuer/Publisher: Archaeological Solutions Place of Issue or Publication: Hertford