Monument record PIN 003 - Possible Roman oven and modern ditches at IP8 Access Road, Scrivener Drive

2014: Excavation revealed three ditch like features. Two of these were clearly modern in date and were aligned with the existing boundaries. The third ditch contained a spread of charcoal associated with compact deposit of tile in the upper fill. This may have been the remains of a small oven built in the partially filled ditch, although it is more likely to be a material dump from a nearby oven. The tile is of Roman date and radiocarbon analysis of the charcoal gave a date range of 130 and 323 AD. The ditch and the tile and charcoal within the fill may indicate the site of Roman settlement in the vicinity (S1). Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2014 (S2).