Clock Garage, Preston New Road, Peel, Lancashire: Archaeological Watching Brief

Kensington Developments Ltd submitted a planning application (5/2011/0381) to Fylde Borough Council for residential development at the former Clock Garage site, Preston New Road, Peel, Lancashire (NGR SD 335570 432942). The proposed development site lies in an area of potential archaeological interest, with numerous finds of flint in the vicinity indicating activity during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. Consequently, Lancashire County Archaeological Service (LCAS) recommended that the site should be subject to pre-determination archaeological evaluation. However, the ground levels across the site appear to have been raised during the twentieth century and much of the ground surface and underlying horizons that pre-date the twentieth century may have been buried.