Castle Hill, Ipswich, Suffolk - Archaeological Evaluation and an Assessment of the Results

Wessex Archaeology

The archaeological evaluation aimed to establish the position of the Roman villa as recorded by Brown within the present landscape, to establish its full extent, including the presence or absence of wings, and to evaluate the present condition of the remains.

The work provided evidence as to the current condition of the site, revealing that most of the stratigraphy on the site has been removed by the earlier excavations and that only isolated patches of undisturbed deposit remain. Most of the west end of the villa has been totally excavated, although unexcavated features do exist at the base of the site.