Ipswich UAD child record record IPS 1060 - Building 2140 (Phase 1)

This sunken featured building, 16m east of road 1825, was 5.1m long, north-south, by 4.4m wide and 1.2m deep.
The wall posts were set in foundation trenches (3734, 3735, 3800, 3899), up to 1m wide, on all four sides of the sunken feature. The north (3800) and south (3899) trenches were 40cm deep, the west (3735) was 30cm deep and the east (3734) was 65cm deep. They had been filled with re-deposited natural (sand, gravel and clay) in sequence, starting with the east trench, followed by the north and south, and ending with the west trench.
Only one post hole (3638) remained in the north wall as the others had been removed by later pits.
The south wall had comprised five post holes of which four remained (3736, 3794, 3793, 3689) with one cut away by pit 2137, between posts 3736 and 3794. Post holes 3736 and 3793, in particular, are extremely large and may have been enlarged by removal of the posts for re-use. Three additional posts (3790, 3791, 3792) had been inserted into the row at the east end, probably in an attempt to remedy the failing structure of the building.
The west wall comprised five post holes (3639, 3640, 3641, 3642, 3643), with no packing, and probably original to the structure.
The postholes in the east wall were surrounded by packing and were replacements belonging to the phase 2 building, but no doubt in the same positions, mirroring the five in the west wall.
There was evidence of an entrance (2321) at the south end of the east wall in the form of sloping layers of fill, cut on the east side by pit 1853, and to the north by the cut of the phase 2 entrance (3338).
The sunken feature of building 2140 cut MLS phase 1 building 4081 to the north and the entrance to the phase 1 building 2140 cut MLS pit 4053, which had a high percentage (7.7%) of St Neot’s ware, suggesting a late MLS construction date for the building. There were two sherds of EMED pottery from the phase 1 backfill (2167) behind the plank revetment in the north-east corner but as these were the only EMED sherds from its construction features, it is more likely to be contamination from EMED pit 2139, which cut it at this point, (S1).