Site Event/Activity record ECH4545 - Archaeological Evaluation Report: Earth Resistance and Fluxgate Gradiometry Survey at Little Moreton Hall, Congleton, Cheshire

Geophysical surveys were undertaken within the orchard at Little Moreton Hall as a condition of Scheduled Monument Consent. Earth resistance survey identified a previously unknown trackway running east - west across the site, and possible revetting associated with the construction of the prospect mound in the north east corner of the orchard; several former services running across the site were also noted. Magnetic survey indicated that the prospect mound is unlikely to have been built using slag from a nearby bloomery furnace, as had been suggested from a reported find of slag on the mound. (1)