Archaeological Desk Based Assessment at Land adjacent to 22 Castle Hill Avenue

In accordance with the Standard and Guidance for Historic Environment Desk-Based Assessment (Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA) 2017), the assessment draws together available information on designated and non-designated heritage assets, topographic and land-use information so as to establish the potential for non-designated archaeological assets within the study site and a 1km study area. The assessment includes the result of a virtual site survey, an examination of published and unpublished records, and charts historic land-use through a map regression exercise. The site lies close to the scheduled medieval Berkhamsted motte and bailey castle where there is a high potential for medieval remains to survive. Historic maps of the area seem to indicate that the site was once part of the formal gardens of Berkhamsted Place during the 19th and early 19th centuries. Castle Hill Avenue formed a tree lined avenue up towards the house. Although the site lies close to where there are likely to be medieval remains surviving, the creation of the gardens at Berkhamsted may have removed earlier remains and the potential for remains prior to the post-medieval period is low.