Monument record 11213 - Historic ridge and furrow, The Meadows

<1> Chester Archaeology, 1993, The Meadows Chester: Archaeological Audit, September 1993, R2051 (Client Report). SCH4140.

Aerial photographs of the Meadows records medieval ridge and furrow across the south eastern part of the meadows. The photographs indicate that is was of a ‘fanning’ type of sinuous ridge believed to be early medieval.

<2> Ward, S. W., 1987, Excavations at Chester, the Civil War Siege Works, 1642-6 (Excavation & survey reports) (Monograph). SCH1189.

In the north western part of Earl's Eye, traces of ridge and furrow that are thought to be medieval are identified just east of the Parliamentarian Lower Mount (CHER 12502/9).

<3> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

<3> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

<4> Bluesky International Ltd, 2010, 2010 Bluesky Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH5444.