Coe Lane, Tarleton, Lancashire. Archaeological Assessment Report

An archaeological assessment was carried out in advance of submission of a planning
application on land adjacent to Coe Lane at Tarleton in Lancashire (centred on NGR SD
45402030). The assessment area comprises c7.9ha, bounded to the north by a housing estate,
to the east by Coe Lane, to the south by Windgate (the main road crossing the river Douglas)
and to the west by fields and properties east of Church Road. The work was carried out by the
Lancaster University Archaeological Unit on behalf of the University of Manchester
Archaeological Unit, and comprised a desk-based study, compiling data from the Lancashire
Sites and Monuments Record and the Lancashire Record Office in Preston, as well as a rapid
identification survey.