Monument record 7686 - Welchmonis Yarden

<1> Various, Written Communication to the HER, Kehoe T, 12/10/2015 (Written Communication). SCH3756.

There are some small square shaped earthworks visible on Environment Agency LiDAR.

<2a> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

Small field free of ridge and furrow earthworks shows a square earthwork which seems to be associated with a small enclosure. Within this enclosure is a small slight rectangular earthwork. To the immediate north is a curving ditch, which to the north-west looks to flank a trackway.

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

Small field free of ridge and furrow earthworks shows a square earthwork which seems to be associated with a small enclosure. Within this enclosure is a small slight rectangular earthwork. To the immediate north is a curving ditch, which to the north-west looks to flank a trackway.

<3> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 198/2 c.1840 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

To the immediate east is a small common called Welchman's Green.

<4> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol.III p.145 (Book). SCH3228.

A document from 1637 mentions a Welchmonis yarden (half an acre enclosed from the commons).

<5> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 23/10/2015 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

It's possible that this is the site of a small farmstead established on the common.