Riverside House, 1 Church Street, Ribchester, Lancashire- Watching Brief

Following a request by Mr Christopher Ratcliff, Oxford Archaeology North (OA North) undertook an archaeological watching brief during the excavation of wall footings for an extension to the dwelling at Riverside House, 1 Church Street, Ribchester, Lancashire (NGR SD 6500 3510). The watching brief was required as a condition to the planning consent (planning application reference 3/2005/0063), and took place between the 22nd and 29th September 2005. Trench 1 consisted of the foundation trenches for the extension and Trench 2 consisted of service trenches. Both were excavated using a three tonne mini-excavator fitted with a toothless ditching bucket. All machining work was carried out under constant archaeological supervision.