Monument record 14450 - Ridge and furrow earthworks and cropmarks in Grafton

<1> Historic England & Archaeological Research Services, 2017, Cheshire National Mapping Programme and Lidar Mapping Project: Sampling the Peak Fringe, Cheshire Plain and Mersey Valley, 1607904 (Digital Archive). SCH8172.

Medieval / post medieval ridge and furrow ploughing in the parish of Grafton is visible as earthworks and cropmarks centred at approximately SJ 446 515 on historic aerial photography and lidar imagery, and the majority appears to remain extant on the latest 2010 vertical imagery.

Large areas of the ridge and furrow appear to be medieval in origin, part of the open field system, and including a number of broad banks which probably represent plough headlands. Much of this has continued in use into the post medieval period, with straightening and splitting of the broad ridges to create extra furrows (2-4).

<2> Ordnance Survey, Various, Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs, OS/69432 V 0143 03-SEP-1969 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8310.

<3> Next Perspectives, 2013, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (2013), SJ4451 11-OCT-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8273.

<3> Next Perspectives, 2016, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (2016), SJ4451 11-OCT-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SCH9150.

<4> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, 06-DEC-2008 (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

<5> Higham N J, 1984-9, Professor Nick Higham's Aerial Photographs, 1986/7/27 (Aerial Photograph). SCH7659.