Source/Archive record SCH5312 - A556 Environmental Improvement Bowdon to Knutsford, Cheshire: Geophysical Survey

A geophysical (magnetometer) survey covering approximately 64 hectares was carried out along the preferred route of the A556 Environmental Improvement (Bowdon to Knutsford). Anomalies caused by utility pipes, field drains and former field boundaries, ploughing and modern activity (possibly associated with the construction of the M56 motorway) have been identified. No anomalies of obvious archaeological potential have been identified although some of unknown origin have been noted, including the possible site of a brick clamp or some other structure associated with brick manufacture and a cluster of possible pit-type anomalies close to the A56(Watling Street). On the basis of the geophysical survey the archaeological potential of the preferred route is considered to be fairly low confirming the conclusions of a previous survey and desk-based assessment