british and irish archaeological bibliography
Marks & Spencer New Manchester Store. An Archaeological Desk-Based Study [Site name: MARKS AND SPENCER STORE, MANCHESTER
Study area:
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Manchester UA
Monument:
Ngr: SJ83889873
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Pages:
15; pls; figs
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Published:
1997
Abstract:
Desk-based assessment of the proposed site of a new shop identified that developments of 20th century and earlier date had effectively removed any reasonable likelihood of significant archaeological remains being encountered within the study area. The available evidence suggested that this zone had not lain within the heart of the medieval town of Manchester. The site appeared to have first been developed between 1750 and 1772, whilst the construction of Corporation Street in 1845 had led to its conversion into a corner plot, which had been occupied by a deeply cellared building by 1900. This may have removed any traces of underlying archaeological remains. Recent work in the vicinity had suggested that remains could be found below the depth of cellarage (3m below present ground level), but it was thought that this had partly been due to a highly localised geomorphological formation, the Hanging Ditch, which was not believed to have run beneath the proposal site. However, the results from one of several boreholes may have suggested that the interesting Holocene deposits encountered at Hanging Ditch may have occurred in the area. [Au(adp)]
Source description:
15pp, pls, figs
Dataset:
Coverage:
1991