Site Event/Activity record ECH4137 - Birch Heath to Mickle Trafford Gas Pipeline: Archaeological Evaluation, Excavation & Watching Brief 2001. Volume 1: Report

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Technique(s)

Organisation

Network Archaeology

Date

Spring-Summer 2001

Map

Description

The reports detail the findings of the archaeological evaluations, excavations and a watching brief which took place during the construction of the gas pipeline. Two large regionally important sites were discovered and excavated. A Romano-British settlement comprising roundhouses, gullies, pits and ditches and and a Middle Bronze Age to Late Iron Age settlement comprising roundhouses, gullies, pits and ditches. The watching brief revealed sixteen smaller sites and fifty one minor features. Two Volumes - Volume 1: Report; Volume 2: Appendices (1-2)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1>XY Client Report: Network Archaeology. 2004. Birch Heath to Mickle Trafford Gas Pipeline: Archaeological Evaluation, Excavation & Watching Brief 2001. Volumes 1-2, Report & Appendices. R2588.1 and R2588.2. N/A. N/A. R2588.1. [Mapped features: #8392 ; #8394 ; #11947 ]
  • <2>XY Client Report: Network Archaeology. 2004. Birch Heath to Mickle Trafford Gas Pipeline: Archaeological Evaluation, Excavation & Watching Brief 2001. Volumes 1-2, Report & Appendices. R2588.1 and R2588.2. N/A. N/A. R2588.2. [Mapped features: #8392 ; #8394 ; #11947 ]

Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

  • Birch Heath Early Medieval Iron Working Site (Monument)
  • Birch Heath Romano-British Settlement (Monument)
  • Holloway/ Trackway and Medieval Pottery Spread (Monument)
  • Prehistoric Settlement at Brook House Farm, Bruen Stapleford (Monument)

Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)

  • Birch Heath to Mickle Trafford, Proposed Gas Pipeline: Archaeological Desk Based Assessment (Ref: Report No. 240)

Location

Location
Grid reference Centred SJ 4981 6576 (9257m by 8351m) (4 map features)
Map sheet SJ46NE
Civil Parish COTTON EDMUNDS, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Civil Parish FOULK STAPLEFORD, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Civil Parish GUILDEN SUTTON, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Civil Parish IDDINSHALL, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Civil Parish MICKLE TRAFFORD, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Civil Parish TARPORLEY, VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Civil Parish TIVERTON, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Civil Parish BRUEN STAPLEFORD, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Civil Parish BURTON, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Civil Parish CHRISTLETON, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Civil Parish CLOTTON HOOFIELD, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

Record last edited

May 7 2021 8:47AM