Land adjacent to Baylis Court School, Granville Avenue, Slough, Berkshire An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment For Catalyst Housing Group Ltd by Heather Hopkins Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd Site Code GAS08/113 October 2008 Summary Site name: Land adjacent to Baylis Court School, Granville Avenue, Slough, Berkshire Grid reference: SU 9660 8170 Site activity: Desk-based assessment Project manager: Steve Ford Site supervisor: Heather Hopkins Site code: GAS08/113 Area of site: c. 0.3ha Summary of results: The site is located in an area of relatively low archaeological potential and it is therefore unlikely that anything of archaeological significance would be present. However, as the site is relatively undisturbed any archaeological deposits, if present, would be preserved. Therefore it is recommended that a watching brief is the best course action, to be undertaken during any ground disturbing works. This report may be copied for bona fide research or planning purposes without the explicit permission of the copyright holder Report edited/checked by: Jennifer Lowe9 29.10.08 Steve Preston9 29.10.08 i Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd, 47–49 De Beauvoir Road, Reading RG1 5NR Tel. (0118) 926 0552; Fax (0118) 926 0553; email
[email protected]; website : www.tvas.co.uk Land adjacent to Baylis Court School, Granville Avenue, Slough An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment by Heather Hopkins Report 08/113 Introduction This desk-based study is an assessment of the archaeological potential of a plot of land adjacent to Baylis Court School, Granville Avenue, Slough, Berkshire located at SU 9660 8170 (Fig. 1). The project was commissioned by Mr John Stevens of Thomas Vale Construction, Foundation House, Paddock Road, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 5BY on behalf of Catalyst Housing Group Ltd and comprises the first stage of a process to determine the presence/absence, extent, character, quality and date of any archaeological remains which may be affected by redevelopment of the area.