Meredith, J. (2013). Coltsfoot Rd, Ipswich, IPS 712; Archaeological Monitoring Report. Ipswich: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1023450. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Coltsfoot Rd, Ipswich, IPS 712; Archaeological Monitoring Report
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Series:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 A trenched evaluation conducted in January of this year revealed a large undated ditch running east to west across the northern end of the site. This feature corresponded to a ditched or moated enclosure seen in the 1st to the 3rd editions of the Ordnance Survey maps which had the internal dimensions of c.50m east to west and c.30m north to south. Detailed documentary research undertaken by Tony Breen (Appendix 2) could find no reference to the moat belonging to a dwelling, habitation or any other function. A map of 1812 and subsequent documentation refer to this area as 'the island'. From the 16th century onwards the site was part of large and wealthy estates, passing from the Crane Hall to the Chantry and then finally to the Stoke Park estate of the Cobbold family. As these estates were owned by wealthy families who did not have to rely on agriculture for an income they might have used 'the island' for rearing game birds or for some other shooting related activity. Monitoring of footing trenches dug for a new dwelling at the northern end of the site revealed that the ditch was in excess of 8m in width and was at least 2.2m deep but was not bottomed. Unfortunately no finds or other dating evidence was recovered from the fills of this feature. Areas monitored to the south of the site showed high degrees of truncation and all potential archaeological deposits and features were probably destroyed during the construction of the previous carpark area.
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Author:		 Jezz Meredith
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Publisher:		 Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2013
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Site: IPS 712 Coltsfoot Rd
Parish: IPSWICH
District: Ipswich
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Stoke Park
Location - Auto Detected: Crane Hall
Grid Reference: 614530, 243820 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
16th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: suffolkc1-161051
OBIB: SCCAS rpt no 2013/127
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Note:		 Short report with a jolly good documentary search in Appendix 2
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016