Archaeological Watching Brief, Gloucester SOS Pipeline

In February 2009, ARCUS were commissioned by Severn Trent Water to undertake an archaeological watching brief on 40 geotechnical trial holes along the line of a new large-diameter treated water main. The route of the pipeline is in the vicinity of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, and parishes in the neighbouring county of Worcestershire (NGR SO 9141 3953 - SO 8923 2695). The watching brief was required in order to present information that could inform later stages of archaeological intervention. No significant archaeological features were identified. A small number of ceramic items, including Roman and Medieval sherds, were recovered although the majority of artefacts were 19th-and 20th-century in date.