Pottal Pool Sand and Gravel Quarry Extension, Staffordshire. Archaeological Assessment Report

An archaeological assessment was carried out for an Environmental Impact Assessment and planning
application for an extension to the Pottal Pool sand and gravel quarry in Staffordshire (centred on
NGR SJ 976 152). The assessment area comprises woodland to the north of the quarry, within the
parish of Teddesley Hay. The work was carried out by the Lancaster University Archaeological Unit
(LUAU) on behalf of Hanson Aggregates, and comprised a desk-based study, compiling data from
the Staffordshire Sites and Monuments Record and the Staffordshire Record Office in Stafford. This
was undertaken alongside a rapid identification survey. The identification survey was undertaken in
two stages, the first undertaken in June 1997 examined the main central part of the overall
development area (Fig 9.4), and then a secondary episode of survey was undertaken in May 2000 in
order to investigate areas of proposed soil storage areas that had not previously been examined.