Monument record WBG 128 - Roman to modern features, Notcutts Garden Centre, Ipswich Road

Archaeological evaluation identified a range of features including a Roman pit, a medieval ditch, a medieval/post-medieval gully and two modern ditches, aloing with several undated features. It is possible that the medieval features were associated with contemporaneous remains traved during an evaluation conducted on an adjacent plot of land, while the modern features appear to relate to a complex of greenhouses which previously stood on this part of the site (S1).

Finds attributed to the Nottcutts Nursery site include a Neolithic scraper, an Iron Age Icenian coin, Roman pottery sherds, flue and roof tiles. Evaluation (three trenches) prior to the partial demolition and remodelling of the garden centre and car park revealed a Roman pit, a medieval ditch, a medieval or post-medieval gully and two modern ditches. It is possible that the medieval features were associated with medieval activity detected by evaluation on an adjacent plot, while the modern features appear to relate to a complex of greenhouses which previously stood here.
Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2019 (S2).