Site Event/Activity record ESF21208 - Monitoring, Great White Horse, Tavern Street, Ipswich, (IAS 1303).

As part of the refurbishment of the Great White Horse Hotel, three small foundation pits were dug and these were monitored archaeologically. The foundation pits revealed mixed deposits of probable 17th-century date as attested by the clay tobacco pipe assemblage recovered. The original version of the hotel (the 'Tavern' of Tavern Street) dated to the early 16th century, so these deposits probable represent make-up layers or dumping behind the original tavern. The site is within the Anglo-Saxon and medieval core of Ipswich but deposits and finds of these periods were not detected. As none of the pits were over 1m in depth it is probable that the earlier deposits were deeper still. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future No Associated Identifiers: HER event no. IPS 637 Sitecode IAS 1303 Planning Application No. IP/10/00099/FUL Contracting Unit No. 2011/176 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Watching Brief Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16 Site status: Listed Building Current Land use: Other 2 - In use as a building Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DEPOSIT Post Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Post Medieval , CLAY TOBACCO PIPE Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 5.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM16464464 Point PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Planning Authority (with/without advice from County/District Archaeologist) Design originator: K. Wade Director/Manager: Rhodri Gardner Supervisor: Jezz Meredith DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: IPS 637 (IAS 1303) Contents: other Media: Images vector, Text PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR Contents: Stratigraphic, other Media: Correspondence PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: IPS 637 (IAS 1303) Contents: Animal Bones, Ceramics, other BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: The Great White Horse Hotel, Tavern Street, Ipswich, IPS 637 (IAS 1303), Archaeological Monitoring Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Meredith, J. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2011/176 Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: A4, comb bound, white cover, in colour, one appendix (also available as pdf)