Description

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Gardiner & Theobald LLP to undertake an archaeological watching brief on fifteen geotechnical test pits and an archaeological evaluation comprising six hand dug test pits at Caley’s Department Store, 19-23 High Street, Windsor, Berkshire. The site comprises a segment of land measuring approximately 0.28 ha in extent, some 100m southwest of the outer Curtain Wall of Windsor Castle, centred on National Grid Reference 496760 176814, and is proposed for redevelopment to provide retail accommodation.
Given the site’s position it was presumed that the site may contain significant archaeological deposits relating to structural evidence for the occupation of the site during the medieval period form the creation of the Norman town in ca.1070 adjacent to the then ‘new' castle. No intact traces of structural evidence were recovered from the site for this or the early post medieval period.