Monument record 14011 - Earthworks South of Pott Mill Farm

<1> Historic England & Archaeological Research Services, 2017, Cheshire National Mapping Programme and Lidar Mapping Project: Sampling the Peak Fringe, Cheshire Plain and Mersey Valley, 1599231 & 1597957 (Digital Archive). SCH8172.

Elements of a field system of probable medieval or post medieval origin and potential associated trackways are visible as earthworks centred at approximately SJ 948 793 on historic vertical photography. Some of the features appear to have been levelled by the latest 2010 aerial photography.

The field boundaries consist of a number of earthwork banks and ditches in an approximately rectilinear arrangement, with at least two hollow ways running parallel to the field system. Some of the field boundaries appear to contain areas of ridge and furrow ploughing visible as both extant earthworks and cropmarks on vertical aerial photography and lidar. The ridge and furrow is visible as both broader and narrow forms, suggesting potential post medieval reuse of earlier ploughing. Associated field boundaries define specific areas of the ploughing (2-5).

<2> Ordnance Survey, Various, Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs, OS/69133 V 0019 01/05/1969 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8310.

<3> Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (2010), SJ9479, 17-24/10/2010 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8173.

<4> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, 19-22/04/2006 (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

<5> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/108 Vp2 5189 01/04/1946 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

<6> Higham N J, 1984-9, Professor Nick Higham's Aerial Photographs, 1988/1/1/3A, 1988/1/1/4 & 1988/2/1/23-4 (Aerial Photograph). SCH7659.