Hooley Bridge Mills, Heywood, Rochdale, Greater Manchester: Watching Brief

United Utilities proposed a new sewer to run under the access road between industrial units which occupy the site of the weaving sheds at Hooley Bridge Mills, Heywood, Rochdale, Greater Manchester (SD 8536 1164). As the scheme affects areas of archaeological potential, the Planning Archaeologist at Greater Manchester Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Record (GMAUSMR) has recommended that a formal watching brief should be undertaken.
The rapid desk-based research was undertaken by OA North in February 2007, and was followed by the watching brief during July and August of the same year.