Monument record 7146 - Big Wall Field, Wall Field and Little Wall Field

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 353/2 c.1840 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

Three fields located to the immediate south of Swill Brook with the field names of Big Wall Field, Wall Field and Little Wall Field

<2> Oxford English Dictionary, 1928-2008, Oxford English Dictionary (Book). SCH5094.

Wall/walling is a local dialect term for the action of boiling brine in salt-making.

<3> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards, R - 19/06/2013 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Two Romano-British salt pans have also been recovered from Little Wall Field (CHER 2400/0/2-3) and a further pan from the vicinity (CHER 2400/0/1). It is probable that this area contains at least one salt making site dating from the Roman period.