Site Event/Activity record ECH6372 - St. Oswald's Church, Lower Peover, East Cheshire: Archaeological Watching Brief

Archaeological watching brief undertaken in February 2017 at the Grade I Listed St. Oswald's Church, Crown Lane, Lower Peover, WA16 9PY, during the excavation of a drop shaft for a sewage treatment plant, the foundations for a new toilet block and the associated service trench. The excavation for the drop shaft for the sewage treatment plant close to the north-eastern boundary of the churchyard revealed a large area of made ground comprising tipped Victorian refuse and rotted down vegetation and leaf mulch. The foundation trench for the toilet block discovered a deposit of clay within a cut possibly representing a wall foundation for a boundary wall. Furthermore, recording work was undertaken for a number of grave markers which were moved as a result of the ground works. (1)