Pickersleigh Grove, Great Malvern, Worcestershire. Archaeological Evaluation and Building Recording Survey (OASIS ID: cotswold2-261523)
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Introduction
In October and December 2015, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological investigation at Pickersleigh Grove, Malvern, Worcestershire. The investigation comprised a building recording survey of existing 1960s houses that occupy the southern part of the site, followed by a trial trench evaluation of a pasture field to the north. The latter included an auger survey of an area of wetland in the northern field. The archaeological investigation was commissioned by Lovell and was carried out prior to the residential redevelopment of the site.
A farmyard surface and a modern brick-built chamber rendered with plaster were encountered on the site of now-demolished farm buildings shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of the area. The auger survey revealed the channel of a former stream, infilled with alluvial deposits and sealed by a thick layer of subsoil/colluvium. There was some indication that the stream had been deliberately backfilled, with the water probably diverted into an underground culvert. No deposits of any archaeological or palaeoenvironmental significance were identified.
A photographic record of the 1960s housing estate was compiled. Additional research at the Worcestershire Historic Environment Record and County Records Office was carried out, but there was no information on the estate in the archive.
