Monument record 7953 - Weir and Water Management System, Adlington

<1> Oxford Archaeology North, 2007, Adlington WwTW to Bonis Hall Lane Rising Main (Client Report). SCH5023.

stone weir (Site 40) with an associated stone channel to the north is located in Issue Wood. The stone channel at the northern head of the weir has grooves indicating that a sluice gate was once present. The channel is fed by a ditch to the north, which runs along the edge of Issue Wood.

The water management system is likely to be for the gardens at Adlington Hall. The weir, which appears to be constructed of sandstone, was fed by a channel made of similar material, which continued as a ditch running along the edge of Issues Wood. The ditch cannot be seen to continue out of Issues Wood but on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1882, a stream can clearly be seen entering the wood from the north, leading from The Wilderness. This water management system does not appear to supply the nearby mill site (CHER2624/1)