Monument record 14012 - Coal Mines between Berristall Hall and Pott Hall

<1> Historic England & Archaeological Research Services, 2017, Cheshire National Mapping Programme and Lidar Mapping Project: Sampling the Peak Fringe, Cheshire Plain and Mersey Valley, 1599245 (Digital Archive). SCH8172.

A post medieval coal mining site is visible as a group of loosely clustered shafts and associated mounds centred at approximately SJ 948 788 on lidar imagery and the latest 2010 / 2011 vertical photography. The southern-most shaft mound appears to be linked to an associated trackway, embanked in places (2-3).

<2> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, SJ9478 FIRST RETURN 19-22/04/2006 (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

<3> Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (2010), SJ9478, 17/10/2010 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8173.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9478, 1871-1873 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts five sub-circular plantations between Pott Hall and Berristall Hall labelled Old Shaft (Coal). A further shaft is also depicted, which is associated with a trackway which runs south west to join the trackway serving Berristall Hall.

<5> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 382/2, 1848 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

Depicts two possible shafts served by a trackway which adjoins Spuley Lane to the west. Also depicts some of the plantations visible on (4).

<6> Higham N J, 1984-9, Professor Nick Higham's Aerial Photographs, 1988/1/1/5-7 & 1988/1/4/42 (Aerial Photograph). SCH7659.

<7> Burdett, P. P., 1777, A Survey of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH113.

This map depicts coal pits in this area.

<8> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9478, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

Approximately 300 metres to the south of the group of shafts depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1871-3 map is a sub-circular earthwork also labelled Old Shaft (Coal) served by a trackway which runs west to join Spuley Lane. In addition, a small woodland adjacent t the lane is depicted as containing an earthwork and is labelled Old Shafts (Coal).

<9> Historic England & Archaeological Research Services, 2017, Cheshire National Mapping Programme and Lidar Mapping Project: Sampling the Peak Fringe, Cheshire Plain and Mersey Valley, 1599254 (Digital Archive). SCH8172.

A post medieval coal mining site is visible as earthworks centred at approximately SJ 9470 7852 on lidar imagery. The site is obscured by tree cover on the latest 2010 vertical aerial photography. A large extractive pit measuring 67 x 31 metres at maximum extents is the site of a coal shaft marked on first edition Ordnance Survey mapping. The pit is connected to the main road of Spuley Lane by an earthwork trackway (2, 3 & 4).