Site Event/Activity record ECH4566 - An Archaeological Watching Brief at Bradley Hall Moat, Appleton, Warrington. Final Report NGR 6569 8452 M. Adams

Watching brief carried out during the excavation of foundations for a replacement extension to the farmhouse at Bradley Hall Farm, Appleton, Warrington. The moat is a scheduled ancient monument. The foundations were shallow and built on clay which overlay an uneven spread of cobbles which in turn lay over a buried soil. The latter produced the base of a 14th-15th century jar. Industrial waste was recovered that had apparently been used to make paths and other surfaces. The numbers of finds was relatively small but, the conclusions suggest, this is not unusual for sites such as this.