Monument record 7970 - Nineteenth century building remains, South-West of Daisy Bank Farm

<1> Wardell Armstrong LLP, 2017, Former MMU Campus, Alsager: Archaeological Strip, Map and Sample Excavation, R4042 (Client Report). SCH8280.

The remains of two buildings were excavated in 2017 in advance of development on land to the south of Daisy Bank Farm. One was an L-shaped building which may represent an outbuilding used for housing animals; the internal division into two stalls, and a possible drain, would support this interpretation. Alternatively, it could have been a wash-house/privy. The presence of a Staffordshire blue brick floor indicates a nineteenth century date. The second building was a timber-framed structure, probably an agricultural building such as a barn or storage shed, with outer brick wall foundations. Both structures correspond to the locations of buildings depicted on the Alsager Tithe Map of 1840 and later mapping.