Monument record 1970/9 - Bellevue Farm Enclosure

<1> Cheshire Historic Environment Record, 1990-2001, Jill Collens and Rob Philpott's Aerial Photographs, 3.1732-3.1735 & 3.1773-.31775 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5403.

Cropmarks photographed July 1995 of a rectangular enclosure with two straight sides and two round corners. Possible practice camp associated with CHER 1970/1-8. Presence of claviculae at enclosure at Hoole Hall found 1995 (RN: 1970/7) confirms Roman date of this group of sites

<2> Philpott, R A, 1998, New Evidence from Aerial Reconnaissance for Military Sites in Cheshire (Article in Journal). SCH5632.

No. 9. One of a group of a series of subrectangular enclosures within a few kilometres of Chester. A discussion about the interpretation of these features can be found in this article. New discoveries from aerial photography and excavation support a Roman Military origin.

<3> Historic England, 2005, National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE), 1623697 (Digital Archive). SCH9076.

A Roman Camp is visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photography in the parish of Guilden Sutton, centred at SJ 4409 6781. The cropmark clearly defines the ditch surrounding the camp and an entrance into the enclosure. The site is extant on the latest 2016 aerial imagery