Monument record 7021 - Earthworks of field system near Higher Snab Farm

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Summary

Earthworks indicative of boundary banks, ditches and a trackway are visible on aerial photographs and correspond with field boundaries and a trackway depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 25" to 1 mile map. They are clearly part of the surrounding fields system which may date from the fifteenth, sixteenth or seventeenth centuries.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Earthworks indicative of boundary banks, ditches and a trackway are visible on aerial photographs (1).

The earthworks correspond with field boundaries and a trackway depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 25" to 1 mile map (2).

These features appear contemporaneous with the field boundaries in the immediate vicinity. The Historic Landscape Characterisation Project suggests a late medieval to early post medieval date (3 & 4).


<1> Bluesky International Ltd, 2010, 2010 Bluesky Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH5444.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<3> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R 17/05/2012 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

<4> Edwards R, 2008, The Cheshire Historic Landscape Characterisation (Report). SCH4463.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd. 2010. 2010 Bluesky Survey.
  • <2> Maps and Plans: Ordnance Survey. 1871-1882. Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire. 25 inches to 1 mile.
  • <3> Oral Communication: Various. Various. Oral communication to the HER. Edwards R 17/05/2012.
  • <4> Report: Edwards R. 2008. The Cheshire Historic Landscape Characterisation.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 545 482 (303m by 344m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ54NW
Civil Parish NORBURY, CREWE AND NANTWICH, CHESHIRE EAST
Historic Township/Parish/County BICKLEY, MALPAS, CHESHIRE
Civil Parish BICKLEY, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Historic Township/Parish/County NORBURY, MARBURY, CHESHIRE

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 21 2021 2:54PM