Site Event/Activity record ESF23753 - Excavation, Lower Brook Street/Foundation Street, Ipswich, (IAS 5505).

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Location

Location Lower Brook Street/Foundation Street, Ipswich.
Grid reference Centred TM 1648 4417 (60m by 47m)
Map sheet TM14SE
Civil Parish IPSWICH, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

Circumstances of excavation Redevelopment of the former Rands and Jeckell site, at the junction of Foundation Street and Lower Brook Street, provided an opportunity to sample an area lying at the junction of two important early streets. The site was excavated in 1988 by the Suffolk Archaeological Unit. Site constraints The excavation was limited to an area, up to 8m north-south (NE-SW) by 5m east-west (SE-NW), by the redevelopment programme, depth of overburden and cellars along the whole eastern side of the site (which formed the east (SE) side of the excavation). The small area excavated and the lack of finds in many features (11 of the 32) renders satisfactory interpretation difficult.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Wade, K. 2013. Ipswich Archive Site Summary, Site name: Lower Brook Street/Foundation Street.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Building 0063 (Ipswich UAD child record)
  • Lower Brook Street/Foundation Street, Ipswich, (IAS 5505). (Monument)

Record last edited

May 8 2017 4:24PM

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