Cox’s Meadow Balancing Pond, River Chelt Flood Alleviation Scheme, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Between the 28th April 2004 and 24th June 2004 Oxford Archaeology (OA) carried out an archaeological watching brief at Cox’s Meadow, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (NGR: SO 956 212) The work was commissioned by Jackson Engineering in advance of excavation of a new balancing pond and construction of a concrete flume. The watching brief confirmed the findings of the earlier evaluation, carried out by OA revealing extensive ridge and furrow cultivation, foundation remains of a post-medieval agricultural building and a palaeo-channel of the former River Chelt to the north of the site. No other significant archaeological features were observed.