Site Event/Activity record ECH3653 - M6 Widening: Junctions 16-20. Report on Earthwork Survey

Following on from desk-top studies assessing the archaeological impact of the widening of the M6 motorway (ECH 3566), which identified 138 sites of archaeological/architectural and/or heritage interest within the study corridor, a programme of further evaluation was developed. Fieldwork strategies were prepared for 23 sites or areas, using a combination of five different techniques - fieldwalking, geophysical survey, earthwork survey, environmental sampling and trial trenching. The results of the earthwork surveys were reported in SCH4294. A total of 9 sites, totalling an area of 15.67ha, was subject to topographic survey. Most of the sites surveyed were of ridge and furrow earthworks, but they also included a leat relating to Lower Roughwood Mill, and a potential building platform close to Bostock Hall. (1)