Monument record 7641 - Enclosure in Wimboldsley Parish

<1> Bluesky International Ltd, 2010, 2010 Bluesky Survey, UXP_101010_4913 & UXP_101010_4914, 10/10/2010 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5444.

A sub-square enclosure is visible as a soil mark. The enclosure measures approximately 95m east-west and 80m north-south.

<2b> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, CPE\UK\1935 no.3152, 17/01/1947 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

The enclosure is clearly visible as an earthwork and is part of a larger complex comprising relict field boundaries, ridge and furrow, and a trackway.

<2a> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

The enclosure is clearly visible as an earthwork and is part of a larger complex comprising relict field boundaries, ridge and furrow, and a trackway.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6863, 1875-1876 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

The northern enclosure ditch forms part of a field boundary.

<4> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R 07/09/2015 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Probably a medieval enclosure or field enclosure from an earlier field system.

<5> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, National LIDAR Programme 2021 DTM SJ6560 09-16/04/2021 (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

Processed LIDAR survey data indicates a much more sunstantial feature than suggested by the previous sources. The western and northern enclosure ditch is in excess of 10 metres wide, though shallow at 0.5 metres deep. The southern possible ditch is visible, but less clearly apparent, the survey data shows a marked difference in height through between the interior and exterior of the enclosure of around 0.3 to 0.6 metres. Eastern possible ditch is wide and shallow, but incorporates the marked difference in height between the interior and exterior seen on the southern side. Possible moat?