Site Event/Activity record ECH3752 - Vale Royal Scheduled Area, Cheshire: Interim Evaluation and Excavation Report

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken in 1998 in the grounds of Vale Royal House, Near Northwich. The house lies on the site of a Cistercian monastery and is a Grade II Listed building. Part of the grounds immediately to the north and east, the site of the Abbey church and cloisters of the monastery, are also scheduled. The evaluation comprised two small excavations, seventeen evaluation trenches excavated to a maximum depth of 300mm, and a watching brief. The work forms part of a wider programme of fieldwork necessitated by the refurbishment of Vale Royal House and the landscaping of the grounds for a golf course. Foundations and deposits relating to the nave of the Abbey Church were recorded. Foundations of the North-West Wing of Vale Royal House were also identified and may relate to an early build of the house. (1)