Series: The Archaeology Company Ltd unpublished report series

The Archaeology Company Ltd was commissioned by Mr Simon Ham of Iris Construction Projects Ltd. to undertake a rapid programme of archaeological observation and recording prior to the construction of 8 dwellings on land off Catherine street, Hereford. The site lies outside of the statutorily designated Hereford Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI); however the site is directly adjacent to the AAI, and consequently has a high degree of sensitivity as regards buried remains from the medieval period, the planning authority advised that,

The Archaeology Company Ltd carried out a programme of archaeological monitoring during the excavation of a new service run to the south of the Vicars Choral. The project has identified that the original service run appears to have been wider in places than the new service run and was in areas cut deeper than expected. However, a series of features truncated by the original service run remained at the lower levels of the excavation. The work conducted has illustrated that the archaeological remains in the area of the service run have survived the impact of modern development, for instance a brick built well and two possible stone surfaces are preserved below the current yard surface at a depth of c 0.40m (55.82m AOD) and below the area of the Dean's garden at a depth of c 0.70m (54.63m AOD), respectively. However the excavation of the original service run has, as expected severely impacted upon the stratigraphic relationships, nevertheless the endurance of archaeological features despite modern intrusion indicates that the potential for archaeological remains to be present at a higher levels outside the line of the service run is considered high.

The Archaeology Company undertook an archaeological building investigation and archaeological watching brief at Roughwood Hill Farm,Betchton, Sandbach, Cheshire on the 31st of May 2019. The work was commissioned by The Archaeology Collective acting on Behalf of Knights PLC acting as Agents to their client. A planning application was submitted to Cheshire East Borough Council Planning department for the proposed demolition and redevelopment of Roughwood Hill Farm, following consultation, with the archaeological advisors to Cheshire East Council it was advised that the impact of the proposal could be mitigated by means of a programme of archaeological works comprising of an Archeological Building Investigation and recording of Roughwood Hill Farm. The historic building recording work has illustrated that the original Roughwood Hill Farm has been adapted and considerably extended from its original concept. The programme of investigation has identified that at least eight phases of development within the building and produced a photographic archive of the Building prior to demolition.

A planning application (17/0515/FULL) was submitted to Wyre Forest District Council (WFDC) on the 18th August 2017 for a New themed walk through area to include new paths, themed 'cave' tunnels, static and animatronic replicas of extinct animals, walk-through volcano structure, themed 'frozen' pond, planting and timber/manmade rock work screening. Partial demolition of historic garden wall to create exit through 'ice' tunnel with regard to land at the West Midlands Safari Park, Spring Grove, Bewdley, DY12 1LF