Site Event/Activity record ECH6492 - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment: Parkgate Industrial Estate, Knutsford

Desk-based assessment undertaken in 2017 for land to the east of Haig Road, within Parkgate Industrial Estate, Knutsford, in advance of re-development (16 commercial units built over three plots). The site lies outside of the historic town of Knutsford; there are no scheduled monuments, listed buildings, registered battlefields or registered parks and gardens within the site boundary. The site currently comprises a large overgrown open field, with areas of meadow, woodland and a small ravine. The potential for archaeological remains was deemed to be low. The wider study area shows evidence of multiphase activity, specifically within the Registered Parks and Gardens of Tatton Park (DCH1474) to the north and west of the site, where there is evidence from the Mesolithic to modern day. To the south is the medieval scheduled monument of St John's Church and Burial Ground (DCH450), to the east is a seventeenth century Grade II listed hall with associated buildings and also to the south an area of eighteenth century industrial activity. The site sits between the two conservation areas of Knutsford and Mobberley centres, it is also north-east of Knutsford Area of Archaeological Importance. (1)