Description

Wessex Archaeology (London) was commissioned by Mouchel Parkman Services Ltd to undertake an archaeological watching brief during the construction of an improved Coach Park and Park and Ride Scheme off of Junction 14, of the M1 Motorway, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (the Site), centred on National Grid Reference (NGR) 489283 240458.
The watching brief was required as a condition of planning consent for the aforesaid development in view of known archaeological sites to the south and east of the Site.
Observations were made during the excavations, by the site contractor, of trenches for bridge piers, interceptor tanks, a sewer pipe trench and the realignment of a layby and hedgerow.
Aside from a truncated undated ditch, observed in section only, in the south east corner of the Site, no archaeological remains were observed during the watching brief.