Woolhouse, T. (2015). Area T, Ravenswood, Ipswich, Suffolk: Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation . Brockley: Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited. https://doi.org/10.5284/1034255. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Area T, Ravenswood, Ipswich, Suffolk: Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation
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Series:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 An archaeological trial trench evaluation was carried out by Pre-Construct Archaeology on land at Area T, Ravenswood, Nacton Road, Ipswich, Suffolk (centred on NGR TM 1896 4131) between the 7th and 8th January 2015. The archaeological work was commissioned by CgMs Consulting Ltd in response to a planning condition attached to the development of the site. The aim of the work was to characterise the archaeological potential of the proposed development area. The evaluation found a series of ditches, located mainly in the north and west of the site. These contained no finds. However, based on the results of other excavations in the Ravenswood area, some of them may be later prehistoric (Middle Bronze Age onwards), Iron Age, Roman and/ or Anglo-Saxon in date. As the ditches are outfield field boundaries, located away from settlement areas, the absence of associated cultural material is unsurprising. A charcoal-filled pit was present in Trench 7, towards the south-east of the site. This contained no finds, but identical pits have been identified at numerous excavated sites across the Suffolk coast and heaths and consistently return Early to Middle Saxon radiocarbon dates (c. 5th-9th century AD). Many of the ditches were visible at a high stratigraphic level, immediately below the modern topsoil. This probably reflects the heathland character of the local landscape, the non-intensive nature of historic land-use and the consequent absence of significant disturbance to archaeological levels from agricultural processes such as ploughing.
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Author:		 T Woolhouse
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Publisher:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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Other Person/Org:		 Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2015
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Parish: IPSWICH
District: Ipswich
Site: IPS 756: Area T, Ravenswood, Nacton Road, Ipswich
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Grid Reference: 618960, 241310 (Easting, Northing)
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DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
STRUCK FLINT (Find)
PIT (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: preconst1-199041
OBIB: Report No. R11945
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Note:		 50 page bound A4 typed report with 8 figures, 8 colour photos and three appendices
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018