Vale Royal Putting Green, Cheshire. Watching Brief Report

On 15th February 1999, an archaeological watching brief was undertaken by Lancaster University
Archaeological Unit at Vale Royal Abbey Golf Club (SJ 6385 6985), partly within the Scheduled
Ancient Monument of Vale Royal Abbey, Cheshire (Cheshire 76). The watching brief had been
commissioned by The Vale Royal Golf Club to fulfil the conditions of a grant of Scheduled
Monument Consent during the landscaping works for the construction of a putting green.
The construction of the putting green involved a superficial topsoil strip over an area of some
200m2, adjacent to the north-west corner of the Great House. Topsoil was removed by a tracked
mechanical excavator under archaeological supervision, and the resultant spoil was used for
landscaping nearby to the east of the house. The movement of the spoil was also subject to
archaeological supervision.