Site Event/Activity record ESF20172 - Monitoring, Highfield Nursery, Ipswich.

Archaeological monitoring of the reduced level strip over the footprint of an extension to the existing buildings identified a single Roman feature, a small pit. The only other feature recorded was the northern side of a modern (early 20th century) extraction pit previously seen in the footings for an earlier extension. There was no evidence for the significant Roman building previously investigated by Basil Brown in c.1946 that was said to have been located on the northern edge of an extraction pit. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: Sitecode IPS 496 NMR No. 1440981 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Field observation Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Site status: None Current Land use: Community Service 1 - Community Buildings Monument Type(s)/Period(s): PIT Roman, PIT Modern Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): CERAMICS Roman PROJECT LOCATION Area 150.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM14784658 Point Height 34.00 - 33.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Planning Authority (with/without advice from County/District Archaeologist) Design originator: Jude Plouviez Director/Manager: Stuart Boulter Supervisor: Stuart Boulter DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: IPS 496 Contents: other Media: Database, Images raster / digital photography, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: IPS 496 Contents: other Media: Context sheet, Correspondence, Drawing, Photograph, Plan, Report, Section, Unpublished Text PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: IPS 496 Contents: other BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Highfield Nursery, Ipswich (IPS 496), A Record of Archaeological Monitoring Author(s)/Editor(s): Boulter, S. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2006/53 Date: 2006 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: Unbound A4 sheets