Monument record 4539 - Fields Farm square enclosure

Moated site visible as a square ditched enclosure 200m north of Fields Farm approximately 38m X 40m in size. Ditches on the northern and western side of the earthwork are clearly visible on the 1940s aerial photograph (1). The enclosure is also visible as a cropmark on the 1973 (2), 1985 (3), 1993 (4) and the 2000 (5) aerial photographs, this might indicate that the ditches for the earthwork were filled in between the late 1940s and 1973. The 1844 tithe map of Hatherton identifies the field as 'Moat bank and part of Smithy Field' (6)

<1> Various, Aerial photographs, 1940s RAF 25cm digital (Aerial Photograph). SCH128.

<2> Various, Aerial photographs, 1973 CCC aerial survey, Run 30, photo 2251, Film HSL UK 73 62 (Aerial Photograph). SCH128.

<3> Various, Aerial photographs, 1985 CCC aerial survey, Run 23, photo 2985, Film 110 (Aerial Photograph). SCH128.

<4> Various, Aerial photographs, 1993 CCC aerial survey, Line 22, photo 129, Film 99 93 (Aerial Photograph). SCH128.

<5> Various, Aerial photographs, 1999 - 2001 Getmapping digital aerial survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH128.

<6> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, Hatherton 1844 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.