Monument record 14346 - Earthworks Below Heild Rocks

<1> Peak District National Park Archaeology Service, 2003, Blaze Farm Archaeological Field Survey for the Peak District Environmental Quality Mark Scheme, p.3 (Client Report). SCH8567.

‘…Three short sections of hollow-way leading from the direction of the Buxton to Congleton Turnpike Road towards the south-east (A54). These were either created by heavy use in the post-medieval period or by prolonged use from the medieval period. It is possible that these are part of a pre-turnpike route between Allgreave and Buxton. The hollow-ways are up to 0.5m deep and up to 3m wide. The eastern hollow-way is marked on Ordnance Survey maps from 1880, the date of the earliest available map to show all minor routes. The other hollow-ways are not marked on any available map suggesting they went out of use sometime before 1880 (see 2)…’

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9867, 1873-1889 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<3> Bluesky International Ltd, 2010, 2010 Bluesky Survey, UXP_101025_8451, 25/10/2010 (Aerial Photograph). SCH5444.

Two sections of the possible hollow-way are visible as earthworks.