Salt - Life and Industry: Excavations at King Street, Middlewich, Cheshire, 2001-2002

Description

This report describes the results of a developer-funded excavation undertaken in 2001 and 2002 in Middlewich, Cheshire, north-eastern England, prior to the development of the site for housing. Middlewich is located 33km east of Chester, on the Cheshire plain and to the south of the confluence of the Rivers Dane and Croco. The Croco was straightened when the Trent and Mersey canal was constructed in the 1770s. The modern town is also bounded to the west by the River Wheelock. Cover Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Summary Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Excavation Chapter 3. Coins Chapter 4. Brooches Chapter 5. Other Copper-alloy Objects and an Iron Chain Chapter 6. Lead Artefacts and Lead Manufacturing Waste Chapter 7. Slag and Related Material Chapter 8. Glass Chapter 9. Coarse Pottery Chapter 10. Samian Pottery Chapter 11. Briguetage Chapter 12. Wooden Artefacts Chapter 13. Leather Objects Chapter 14. Animal Bone Chapter 15. Archaeobotanical Remains Chapter 16. General Conclusions Bibliography Appendices