Fairbairn, J. and Graham, S. (2017). Lower Brook Street, Ipswich. Oxford Archaeology East. https://doi.org/10.5284/1105827. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Lower Brook Street, Ipswich
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Between the 25th of September and the 6th of October 2017, Oxford Archaeology East carried out Phase 2 of an archaeological evaluation at Lower Brook Street, Ipswich, Suffolk. The first phase was conducted in May 2016 and comprised two trenches excavated within the car park at the southern end of the site of what was then the East Anglian Daily Press. The second phase of evaluation and the subject of this report comprised a further five trenches (numbered 3 to 7). Trench 3 at the southern end of the site was located close to an area where an ornamental pond was thought to exist in the 18th century. Stratigraphy suggests that trench 3 was located close to this feature. Trench 4 was located on an area recently occupied by the 1960s print works building. Trench 4 found evidence for massive stanchion blocks that were closely spaced and penetrated into the natural gravels more than 3m BGL. These had caused widespread truncation and had disturbed archaeological deposits to such an extent little useful data could be retrieved. Trench 5 revealed a possible former water course that was probably open in the mid Saxon through medieval periods. A silver coin of Athelstan and a lead plaque inscribed with runes was found in its fills. Overlying the extinct brook were layers or dumps of soil, possibly associated with a 17th to 18th century orchard and gardens. In the 19th century the area was built on by brick houses, the foundations of which survive. Trench 6 revealed a Late Saxon feature, possibly a sunken featured building with posts and remnants of possible wooden planks and evidence for good survival of organic materials. Evidence for later layers/dumps of soil were found overlying it although later evidence had been removed by a 19th or 20th century brick cellar. Trench 7 revealed a complex stratigraphy beginning with early medieval intercutting pits and a buried soil over which was a sequence of soil layers/dumps likely to date to the 17th/18th century. These were built on by a probable malt house in the late 17th century and the walls, yards and floors associated with it survive.
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Author:		 James Fairbairn
Steve Graham
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology East
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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County: Suffolk
District: Ipswich
Country: England
Parish: Ipswich, unparished area
Grid Reference: 616418, 244200 (Easting, Northing)
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SHERD (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL SHERD (Tag)
SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL SHERD (Tag)
SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL SHERD (Tag)
ROOF TILE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL ROOF TILE (Tag)
BRICK (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL BRICK (Tag)
DISC BROOCH (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL DISC BROOCH (Tag)
BUCKLE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL BUCKLE (Tag)
COIN (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL COIN (Tag)
JETTON (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL JETTON (Tag)
THIMBLE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL THIMBLE (Tag)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL ANIMAL REMAINS (Tag)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
MEDIEVAL ANIMAL REMAINS (Tag)
POND (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL POND (Tag)
LAYER (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL LAYER (Tag)
BUILDING (Monument Type England)
20TH CENTURY BUILDING (Tag)
BUILDING (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL BUILDING (Tag)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN DITCH (Tag)
CHARM (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL CHARM (Tag)
PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL PIT (Tag)
AUGER SURVEY (Event)
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)
WALL (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL WALL (Tag)
LAYER (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL LAYER (Tag)
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC SURVEY (Event)
TEST PIT (Event)
METAL DETECTING USE (Event)
RECTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY (Event)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar3-299384
Report id: OAE report 2145
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Created Date:		 31 Mar 2023