Dover Lodge Farm Golf Course, Chain Lane, Staining, Blackpool, Lancashire ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION AND METAL DETECTOR SURVEY

Oxford Archaeology North (OA North) was commissioned by Mr Wigglesworth to undertake an archaeological investigation at Dover Lodge Farm, Chain Lane, Staining, Blackpool, Lancashire (SD 35527 35825). This work was informed by an earlier OA North desk-based assessment and walkover survey and was undertaken in order to fulfil a Lancashire County Archaeology Service (LCAS)-imposed planning condition that a further programme of archaeological investigation shold be undertaken within the proposed development area. The programme, undertaken in March 2007, comprised a trial-trench evaluation and a metal detecting survey as set out in an LCAS-approved OA North project design. Three potential sites of archaeological significance were targeted during the investigation targeted.