Site Event/Activity record ECH3762 - Vale Royal, Cheshire: An Archaeological Evaluation

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Technique(s)

Organisation

Birmingham Archaeology

Date

May 1989

Map

Description

A geophysical survey and small scale excavation (trial trenching) were undertaken in 1989 on land adjoining Bell Cottage, Vale Royal, Cheshire. The majority of the area was mapped by resistivity survey, complemented by magnetometer survey. The results of the trial trenching indicate extensive levelling of structures associated with the Cistercian Monastery of Vale Royal, and the limited survival of robbed-out wall footings in the south-east quarter of the monastic precinct. (1)

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1>XY Client Report: Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit. 1989. Vale Royal, Cheshire: An Archaeological Evaluation. R2257. S0193. N/A. R2257. [Mapped features: #8010 ; #11612 ]

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Vale Royal Abbey (Monument)

Location

Location Nr. Bell Cottage, Vale Royal Abbey, Vale Royal
Grid reference SJ 6393 6979 (point) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ66NW
Civil Parish WHITEGATE AND MARTON, VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

Record last edited

Jan 15 2020 1:05PM