Site Event/Activity record ESF21936 - Evaluation, Coltsfoot Road, Ipswich.

PROJECT DETAILS An archaeological evaluation was carried out on the 17th January 2013 on land at former lock up garages adjacent to 1 Coltsfoot Road in Ipswich prior to the redevelopment of the site for housing. Two eleven metre long trenches were excavated. Two incised archaeological features were recorded, a modern pit and a large ditch in excess of 7.5m wide and over 1.4m deep. The ditch coincides with the northern side of a discrete enclosure on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Edition Ordnance Survey maps of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. While clearly surviving into the 20th century, there was no evidence recovered during the evaluation to indicate when the feature was originally excavated. The interpretation of this feature remains uncertain, but a moated building platform, possibly of medieval date cannot entirely be ruled out. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. IPS 712 NMR No. 1572036 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Small-scale (e.g. single house, etc.) Methods and Techniques: '''Sample Trenches''', '''Metal Detectors''' Position in the Planning Process: After full determination (eg. As a condition) Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG15 Site status: None Current Land use: Residential 1 - General Residential Monument Type(s)/Period(s): DITCH Uncertain, MOAT Uncertain Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None PROJECT LOCATION Area 0.01 Hectares Grid Reference: TM14534382 Point Height 16.40 - 16.97 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: Rachel Monk Director/Manager: Stuart Boulter Supervisor: Simon Picard DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: AHDS ID: IPS 712 Contents: 'other' Media: 'Database', 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: IPS 712 Contents: 'other' Media: 'Correspondence', 'Photograph', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section', 'Unpublished Text' PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service ID: IPS 712 Contents: 'other' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: IPS 712 Coltsfoot Road, Ipswich Author(s)/Editor(s): Picard, S Boulter, S Other Bibliographic Details: 2013/07 Date: 2013 Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS Place of Issue or Publication: SCCAS