8-14 MOODY STREET, Congleton
NGR: SJ 8590 6282

The excavation of four evaluation trenches produced no evidence for the occupation of the site prior to a 19th century cobbled yard and associated brick structures.

Appleton-Fox, N, 8-14 Moody Street, Congleton, Cheshire: Report on an evaluation excavation, September 2001, Marches Archaeology Series 206

LAND OFF DAVID STREET, Northwich
NGR: SJ 6535 7310

An evaluation consisting of a desk based assessment and excavation of 13 trenches covering an area of 180 sq. m. was carried out on Land off David Street in Northwich. The site is approximately 200m from the southern defences of the Roman fort of Condate on the edge of a river terrace. Historical evidence suggests that this area was not intensively used during the medieval period. It lies within the post-medieval parkland of Hartford Hill. During the twentieth century the northern part of the land was developed as part of the Castleleigh Centre. These buildings have since been demolished.

The only securely dated features were of the 18th century and later. The soil profile above the natural deposits suggests woodland giving way to open land with no development before the eighteenth century. The soil profile included 18th century pottery. Earlier finds were restricted to a flint flake was also recovered, which is probably of Mesolithic date, a single sherd of samian and two fragments of fired clay, possibly of Roman date.

It is concluded that, in view of the absence of even any significant background scatter that there was no development of this area until the 20th century, with earlier post-medieval features being associated with Hartford Hill. There is no indication that there was any Roman activity on the site, suggesting that any vicus associated with the fort lay elsewhere

Stone, R, Land off David Street, Northwich, Cheshire: Report on an archaeological evaluation, October 2001, Marches Archaeology Series 210