Watching Brief at 3 King Street, Brynmawr

The aim of the watc hing brief during demolition was to preserve by record, within the resources available, any archaeological deposits uncovered during demolition and resulting groundwork. The watching brief also ensured that: in the event of archaeological resources of sig nificance, being discovered and requiring treatment beyond the remit of the watching brief, that steps would be implemented to ensure that their treatment would be undertaken within the standards recommended by the C IFA A planning application was submitted to Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (BGCBC) and as part of the planning process, Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust (GGAT) advised the planning department that the pro posed work at the site could likely impact on archaeological resources. BGCBC in accordance with the guidance from GGAT imposed conditions requiring a program of archaeological work to be undertaken prior to development and during demolition. The client was instructed by BGCBC to arrange for a Level II building recording survey which was conducted by APAC Ltd in October 2014 prior to any demolition work. BS/BRY/14. As part of the conditions imposed by GGAT, a further watching brief was required during de molition and groundworks for foun dations and services . The watching brief undertaken during the demolition work was able to identify and record developments to the building in the past but no archaeological resources were impacted upon during the groundwo rks