Land Adjacent Grand Union Canal Hollow Hill Lane Iver Buckinghamshire

Oxford Archaeology was commissioned by BPA to undertake an archaeological
watching brief during installation of a section of pipeline beneath the Grand Union
Canal at Shreding Green, Iver, Buckinghamshire. The watching brief monitored the
excavation of the thrust pit and reception pit that were dug for the installation of the
pipe, as well as the stripping of topsoil for the associated working area and a
compound and temporary haul road.
The only feature of possible archaeological origin that was exposed during the
stripping was a compacted gravel surface that produced late 18th to 19th Century
pottery and glass and may have been associated with the very edge of a post
medieval road from Shredding Green. One residue piece of prehistoric pottery and a
possible worked flint was also recovered from the topsoil.
The excavations of the Lynch Hill gravels within the two pits was monitored and
recorded on site by a geoarchaeologist. No early prehistoric artefacts or remains
were identified within the limited disturbance of the pits. The very edge of a possible
palaeochannel sequence was recorded within the sequence but no deposits of
archaeological interest were identified.
The results of the watching brief indicated no significant archaeological remains
were impacted by these works.