Eden Fold, Bolton, Appleby, Cumbria. Archaeological Evaluation Report

An archaeological evaluation was carried out on pasture land adjacent to the New Crown
Inn, Bolton, near Appleby, Cumbria (centred NGR NY 6395 2335) in advance of a
proposed housing development. The work was carried out by the Lancaster University
Archaeological Unit (LUAU) on behalf of Nichol Armstrong Lowe, Chartered Architects,
and Russell Armer Ltd.
This was a green field site, with no previous archaeological information available, but was
in close proximity to an early Norman church, which was potentially once the focus of a
medieval village; the present village is now centred c275m to the south-west of the church.
An evaluation programme was therefore recommended by the County Archaeologist to
establish if the area of the proposed development had any archaeological potential. LUAU
prepared a project design for this evaluation (Appendix 2), in accordance with a verbal
brief from the County Archaeologist.
The work comprised a desk-based study, compiling data from the Cumbria Sites and
Monuments Record, National Monuments Record, and Cumbria Record Office, followed
by a topographic survey of the upstanding earthworks and a selective programme of
excavation by trial trenching.