South Macclesfield Development Area, Cheshire. Archaeological Assessment Report

An archaeological assessment was undertaken in December 2000 by Lancaster University
Archaeological Unit (LUAU) on behalf of Planit Environmental Development Consultants,
in advance of a combined retail and business park development (centred on SJ 905718).
The study area comprises an area of about 60ha, approximately 1km to the south of the
centre of Macclesfield. The assessment was undertaken in accordance with a project
design by LUAU that followed on from a project brief by the Archaeological Officer
(Development Control) Cheshire County Council. The desk-based study consisted of a
search of existing records held by the Cheshire Sites and Monuments Record, the Cheshire
County Record Office and the Macclesfield Reference Library, with a systematic
identification survey of the proposed development area.