Monument record 4681/3 - Stone Revetment on the Eastern Bank of the River Bollin

A stone revetment on the eastern bank of the River Bollin. The revetment comprises flat sand/grit stone squared rubble built to courses approximately 0.5m wide and 0.5-7m above the water level. It continues along the top of the possible earth dam associated with the weir to the north (CHER 4681/4). It is probable that this revetment and those to the south (CHER4681/1 & 4681/2) were intended to constrain the river channel to the western side of the valley. This was probably done to build up a difference in height between the river channel and the valley floor, the energy of which could be utilised by the mill at Prestbury (CHER 1579/1).