Site Event/Activity record ECH6686 - Proposed Cheshire IVC Plant, Leighton Grange, Leighton, Cheshire, CW1 4QQ: Archaeological Watching Brief

An archaeological watching brief was undertaken in 2019 during groundworks associated with the construction of an In Vessel Composting (IVC) facility with associated Aerated Static Pile (ASP) composting, screening and blending operations on land to the west of Middlewich road, Leighton Grange. The archaeological watching brief was maintained on the 7th-10th and the 16th-17th January 2019 in two areas; initially to watch the removal of a portion of an access track that ran south of The Grange from east to west, past a fishpond and then to watch the ground reduction of a 25m wide corridor towards the far eastern limit of the site. The area of trackway was the subject of watching brief due to the known alignment of the Middlewich to Whitchurch roman road shown on OS maps. The remains of the road were located, orientated north-east/south-west, with flanking drainage ditches, correlating with the alignment suggested by OS mapping. The remains had been quite heavily truncated during the construction of a twentieth century trackway. (1)