Site Event/Activity record ESF23374 - Excavation, 32 - 38 Buttermarket, Ipswich, (IAS3201).
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Location
| Location | 32 - 38 Buttermarket, Ipswich. |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | Centred TM 1640 4453 (36m by 47m) |
| Map sheet | TM14SE |
| Civil Parish | IPSWICH, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Date
Not recorded.
Description
1988: The site was excavated prior to the Ipswich Central Area Shopping Scheme (I/0/13/87). This development, by Legal and General Assurance Society Ltd, included a large area west of St Stephen’s lane (IAS 3104) and this site, previously occupied by the ABC cinema, fronting the Buttermarket and east of the lane. A wide strip was left unexcavated along the west side of the site, to ensure that no structural damage was caused to the adjacent Ancient House. Archaeological deposits had been destroyed along the Buttermarket frontage by a cinema basement. There was also some truncation caused by the cinema auditorium floor, which sloped southwards, but this was limited as the natural slope of the site was 1:40 from north to south.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SSF50444 Bibliographic reference: Scull, C.. 2009. Early Medieval Cemeteries (Late 5th-Early 8th Centuries AD) at Boss Hall and Buttermarket, Ipswich, Suffolk. The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph 27.
- --- SSF55351 Article in serial: Martin, E.A., Pendleton, C. & Plouviez, J.. 1989. Archaeology in Suffolk 1988. XXXVII (1). XXXVII.1, pp. 59–77..
Related Monuments/Buildings (11)
- IPS 752 32 - 38 Buttermarket, Ipswich, (IAS3201), (Monument)
- IPS 1159 Building 0057 (Ipswich UAD child record)
- IPS 1158 Building 0317 (Ipswich UAD child record)
- IPS 1157 Building 0454 (Ipswich UAD child record)
- IPS 1680 Hearth 00048 (Ipswich UAD child record)
- IPS 1679 Hearth 0108 (Ipswich UAD child record)
- IPS 1315 Ring Ditch 415 and Grave 424 (Ipswich UAD child record)
- IPS 808 Saxon Cemetary, Buttermarket, St. Stephens Lane, Ipswich. SPECULATIVE (IAS 3104). (Ipswich UAD child record)
- IPS 1280 Well 0012 (Ipswich UAD child record)
- IPS 1281 Well 0046 (Ipswich UAD child record)
- IPS 1282 Well 0139 (Ipswich UAD child record)
Record last edited
May 9 2017 10:34AM