Monument record 1069/2 - Agricultural and Other Earthworks at Blackden Manor

<1> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Late medieval or post medieval agricultural earthworks, in the form of ridge and furrow cultivation, are visible on air photographs (source 2 and 3) in the field to the south-west of Blackden Manor. Also visible are earthworks defining the course of a former road leading to Blackden Manor from the south-west; this road is depicted on the tithe map (source 4) for Goostrey. Later extractive pits cut through the ridge and furrow in the northern extent of the field.

<2> Bluesky International Ltd, 2010, 2010 Bluesky Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH5444.

<3> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

<4> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

<5> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, Composite DTM 1m 2022 (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

This survey indicates that the earthworks are no longer extant.