Monument record 14385 - Earthworks North-east of Aston Grange

<1> Higham N J, 1984-9, Professor Nick Higham's Aerial Photographs, 1986/2/34-35, 01/08/1986 (Aerial Photograph). SCH7659.

An area of irregular earthworks is visible on these aerial photographs.

<2> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

<3> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 26/2 c.1844 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5677, 1875-1879 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<5> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 31/10/2018 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

These earthworks are clearly visible on aerial photographs taken by the RAF in the 1940s (see 2). The often somewhat sinuous linear features correspond to former field boundaries and two trackways or lanes depicted on the tithe map (see 3) for this township. The more irregular areas seem to correspond with areas of woodland and ‘rough’ depicted on the same map. Other pit like earthworks correspond with pits depicted on this map and the later Ordnance Survey map (see 4).