Site Event/Activity record ECH5301 - Puddington Lane, Geophysical Survey, Cheshire

Geophysical survey was carried out in 2011 across the extent of a late prehistoric/early Roman enclosure (monument 2879) and its immediate environs in connection with the proposals for the new Wirral HVDC cable project. The aim of the exercise was to define the extent of the enclosure more precisely and establish whether other features of potential interest might be present. The perimeter ditch of the enclosure was located, it measured approximately 91m north-south by 86m east-west. A former field boundary was also noted in the results but was only really defined from old mapping. All survey areas are dominated by modern ploughing trends; a former sand pit has been located in the small survey area to the north of Puddington Lane. (1)