Monument record IPS 639 - Student Village, Fore Street, Ipswich, (IAS 5908).
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 6167 2442 (108m by 114m) |
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Map sheet | TM62SW |
Civil Parish | IPSWICH, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (21)
- PIT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- INHUMATION (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUILDING (15th century to 17th century - 1485 AD to 1603 AD)
- CELLAR (15th century to 17th century - 1485 AD to 1603 AD)
- WALL (15th century to 17th century - 1485 AD to 1603 AD)
- LAYER (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- LAYER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- LAYER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CELLAR (19th century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- DEMOLITION LAYER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BURIAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIT (18th century to 19th century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- YARD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BEAM SLOT (Middle Saxon - 650 AD? to 849 AD)
- POST HOLE (Middle Saxon - 650 AD? to 849 AD)
- PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PIT (Undated)
- POST HOLE (Undated)
- DEPOSIT SEQUENCE (Undated)
Full Description
2002: Desk Based Assessment.
2010: Desk Based Assessment.
2011: Evaluation, Student Village, Fore Street, Ipswich: An evaluation by trial trenching was carried out on the proposed site of a Student Village development to the west of Fore Street, Ipswich. Ten trenches (total area 195m2) were excavated, representing 4% of the area of the site that was available for evaluation. The natural stratum was glaciofluvial sand and gravel, sloping down from northeast to southwest, towards the River Gipping; it was overlaid in places by a prehistoric buried soil horizon.Occupation of the site in the prehistoric period was represented principally by a pit containing Neolithic–earlier Bronze Age worked flints and a ditch containing decorated pottery of a similar date. There was little evidence for the use of the site in the Roman period, and Anglo-Saxon occupation was indicated principally by moderate amounts of Ipswich ware and a larger quantity of Thetford ware, mostly occurring as residual finds in later features. During the medieval period much of the site was used as a cemetery, which is thought to have been that of the ‘lost’ church or chapel known (from a single medieval reference) as Ostirbolt. A total of thirteen burials were identified in the south-western, northern and eastern parts of the site. The corner of a postulated timber building, represented by beam slots and adjacent post holes, was identified near the centre of the site. It is likely that this building was contemporary with the cemetery, if not earlier. Other significant evidence for medieval activity included dumping for land reclamation along the southern edge of the site, in what must have previously been the inter-tidal zone of the river, and the subsequent construction of a waterfront building, represented by a flint and septaria foundation. The cellars of at least two Tudor buildings (one of which has been identified from early maps as a malt house) were found along the southern frontage of the site, representing the intensive development of Key Street by merchants in the early post-medieval period, (S1).
See also (S3, S4).
2016: An archaeological desk based assessment was undertaken in advance of any proposal to re-develop the PDA. The results of this DBA suggest there is a very high potential for encountering
archaeological remains throughout the PDA dating from the Anglo-Saxon and medieval periods. These remains include human burials, pottery kilns, waterfront deposits and buildings and settlement evidence. Due to the location of the PDA close to the river there is the potential for waterlogged material and environmental evidence to survive. Archaeological interventions within and adjacent to the PDA have demonstrated that there is good preservation of archaeological deposits and these can be as little as 0.5m below the present ground surface. Trial trenching undertaken in 2011 revealed limited prehistoric and Late Saxon activity but did confirm the presence of significant medieval
activity, which includes a potentially large number of inhumations across much of the south-western, northern and eastern areas of the PDA. An excavation undertaken in the northwest corner of the PDA revealed extensive medieval activity but this is yet to be fully published. Due to the probable shallow nature of the overburden within the PDA and to the very high potential for Anglo-Saxon and medieval archaeological remains including burials to be encountered, any development that involves any ground disturbance (grubbing out foundations, digging foundations, piling, services, landscaping / earth moving) will have a negative effect on any below ground archaeological material and the impact could be considerable. Therefore any development of the PDA that disturbs the ground surface
will need to be mitigated against. (S5)
Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2011 (S7).
Sources/Archives (7)
- <S1> SSF54789 Unpublished document: Heard, K. 2011. Archaeological Evaluation Report, Student Village, Fore Street, Ipswich.
- <S2> SSF56106 Unpublished document: Rolfe, J. 2010. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment: Proposed Student Village, Fore Street, Ipswich.
- <S3> SSF55934 Index: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. 1974. Ipswich Archaeological Survey Card Index (digital version).. IAS 5908.
- <S4> SSF50068 Index: Suffolk Archaeology Unit. 1974. SAU index card and Archive. IAS 5908.
- <S5> SSF60801 Unpublished document: Rolfe, J. and Sommers, M.. 2016. Desk-Based Assessment: Merchant Quarter, Fore Street, Ipswich.
- <S6> SSF51146 Unpublished document: Breen, A and Loader, T.. 2002. Archaeological Desk Based Assessment - BOCM Pauls (island site), Ipswich.
- <S7> SSF55374 Article in serial: Brown, A., Martin, E.A. & Plouviez, J.. 2012. Archaeology in Suffolk 2011. XXXXII (4).
Finds (29)
- FSF36355: POTTERY BEAKER (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 2600 BC to 1800 BC)
- FSF36356: LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
- FSF36357: POTTERY THETFORD (IPS: Early Late Saxon to 12th century - 850 AD to 1100 AD)
- FSF36358: POTTERY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FSF36359: HUMAN REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FSF41023: POTTERY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FSF41024: POTTERY IPSWICH (Middle Saxon to IPS: Early Late Saxon - 650 AD to 850 AD)
- FSF41025: POTTERY ST NEOTS (IPS: Early Late Saxon to 13th century - 900 AD to 1200 AD)
- FSF41026: POTTERY STAMFORD (IPS: Middle Late Saxon to IPS: Early Medieval - 950 AD to 1050 AD)
- FSF41027: POTTERY CONTINENTAL IMPORT (IPS: Middle Saxon to 13th century - 800 AD to 1299 AD)
- FSF41028: POTTERY CONTINENTAL IMPORT (13th century to 17th century - 1250 AD to 1650 AD)
- FSF41029: POTTERY (13th century to 14th century - 1200 AD to 1399 AD)
- FSF41030: POTTERY (18th century to 19th century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
- FSF41031: POTTERY (15th century to 18th century - 1400 AD to 1799 AD)
- FSF41032: POTTERY CONTINENTAL IMPORT (14th century to 19th century - 1300 AD to 1800 AD)
- FSF41033: LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FSF41034: FIRED CLAY (13th century to 14th century - 1200 AD to 1399 AD)
- FSF41035: ROOF TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FSF41036: ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FSF41037: ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FSF41038: BRICK (17th century to 18th century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)
- FSF41039: BOTTLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FSF41040: WINDOW GLASS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FSF41041: NAIL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FSF41042: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- FSF41043: NEEDLE (Late Saxon - 850 AD to 1065 AD)
- FSF41044: NEEDLE (IPS: Early Late Saxon to 12th century - 900 AD to 1100 AD)
- FSF41045: ANIMAL REMAINS (IPS: Early Late Saxon to 19th century - 900 AD to 1899 AD)
- FSF41046: BURNT FLINT (IPS: Early Late Saxon to Medieval - 850 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (12)
- Parent of: Building 0189 (Ipswich UAD child record) (IPS 1140)
- Parent of: Building 0235/0235 (Ipswich UAD child record) (IPS 1139)
- Parent of: Cemetery (Ipswich UAD child record) (IPS 1367)
- Parent of: Cemetery (Ipswich UAD child record) (IPS 1368)
- Parent of: Ditch 0004 (Ipswich UAD child record) (IPS 1574)
- Parent of: Ditch 0076 (Ipswich UAD child record) (IPS 1572)
- Parent of: Ditch 0078 (Ipswich UAD child record) (IPS 1573)
- Parent of: Ditch 0080 (Ipswich UAD child record) (IPS 1459)
- Parent of: Jewish Cemetery, Ipswich. (Monument) (IPS 439)
- Parent of: Key Street, Ipswich, (IAS 5901). (Monument) (IPS 369)
- Parent of: Paul's Computer Store, Fore St, Ipswich, (IAS 5904). (Monument) (IPS 371)
- Parent of: Pauls plc, Key Street, (IAS 5906). (Monument) (IPS 372)
Related Events/Activities (7)
- Archaeological Deposit: Deposit, Proposed Student Village, Fore Street, Ipswich, (IAS 5908). (Ref: OASIS-suffolkc1-101244) (ESF25048)
- Archaeological Deposit: Deposit, Proposed Student Village, Fore Street, Ipswich, (IAS 5908). (Ref: OASIS-suffolkc1-101244) (ESF25049)
- Archaeological Deposit: Deposit, Proposed Student Village, Fore Street, Ipswich, (IAS 5908). (Ref: OASIS-suffolkc1-101244) (ESF25050)
- Event - Survey: Desk Based Assessment, Fore Street, Ipswich, (IAS 5908). (ESF23781)
- Event - Survey: Desk-based Assessment - Merchant Quarter, Fore Street, Ipswich (Ref: OASIS: suffolka1-236597) (ESF29224)
- Event - Survey: Desk-Based Assessment - Proposed Student Village, Fore Street, Ipswich, (IAS 5908). (Ref: OASIS-suffolkc1-88424) (ESF23607)
- Event - Intervention: Evaluation, Proposed Student Village, Fore Street, Ipswich, (IAS 5908). (Ref: OASIS-suffolkc1-101244) (ESF21795)
Record last edited
Aug 7 2024 10:00AM