Images from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Prestbury House, The Burgage, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire June 2018
Worcestershire Archaeology, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5284/1098994. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1098994
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Introduction
This collection comprises images from an archaeological watching brief at Prestbury House, The Burgage, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. This work was undertaken by Worcestershire Archaeology and was commissioned by CgMs Consulting Ltd, whose client intended to install a new swimming pool for which a planning application has been submitted to Cheltenham Borough Council.
The site comprised an open lawn garden with mature trees, to the south of the Prestbury House, an early 18th century Grade II listed building. This property is situated within the area of Prestbury, just under 3km to the north-east of the historic centre of Cheltenham.
The excavation of the entire footprint of the new swimming pool was monitored during groundworks; an area just under 63m². Three post-medieval pits and an undated gully were identified. The pits appeared to be related to construction rubble deposition, and the gully may have been a former field boundary. Finds comprised nine sherds of pottery with a terminus post quem of the late 17th century, a single modern china fragment and two pieces of cattle bone. No other significant archaeological features, layers, structures, horizons or artefacts were identified.
