Bankhouse Pumping Station, Millom, Cumbria- Watching Brief

Following a request by United Utilities, Oxford Archaeology North undertook a watching brief on specified groundworks during the construction of a proposed water transfer pumping station at Millom, Cumbria (SD 170 822). The work was undertaken on 16th and 17th June 2005.
The topsoil strip and the groundworks associated with construction were to be monitored by an archaeological presence. In the event, owing to communication failures, only the topsoil strip in advance of construction was monitored. No significant archaeology was found during the watching brief and there were no recommendations made for further archaeological intervention or work.