Site Event/Activity record ECH4716 - Aerial Survey of the Cheshire Hillforts in 2006

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Technique(s)

Organisation

English Heritage (London)

Date

2006-9

Map

Description

Oblique aerial photographs taken by English Heriatge on the 3rd November 2006, 10th October 2008 and the 9th September 2009 of five of the six hillforts in the Habitats and Hillforts project (Beeston was not done). The Woodhouse images show some of the 2009 excavation trenches.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Written Communication: Various. Written Communication to the HER. Garner D 25/10/2010.

Related Monuments/Buildings (10)

  • Bradley promontory fort above Beechbrook 50m S Beechmill House (Monument)
  • Bronze Age activity at Eddisbury (Monument)
  • Early Iron Age settlement at Eddisbury (Monument)
  • Helsby Hillfort, 250m NW of Harmers Lake Farm (Monument)
  • Iron Age hillfort at Eddisbury (Monument)
  • Kelsborrow promontory fort on Castle Hill 300m SW Castle Hill Frm (Monument)
  • Maiden Castle Promontory Fort on Bickerton Hill 700m West of Hill Farm (Monument)
  • Possible Seventeenth Century Quarrying Maiden Castle Hillfort (Monument)
  • Rifle Range at Maiden Castle Hillfort (Monument)
  • Woodhouse Hillfort 500m W of Mickledale (Monument)

Location

Location
Grid reference Centred SJ 525 648 (5881m by 24092m) (7 map features)
Map sheet SJ56SW
Civil Parish DELAMERE, VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Civil Parish FRODSHAM, VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Civil Parish HELSBY, VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Civil Parish KINGSLEY, VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Civil Parish BICKERTON, CREWE AND NANTWICH, CHESHIRE EAST

Record last edited

Jan 24 2014 11:57AM