Monument record 14452/0 - Ridge and furrow earthworks and in Crewe-by-Farndon

<1> Historic England & Archaeological Research Services, 2017, Cheshire National Mapping Programme and Lidar Mapping Project: Sampling the Peak Fringe, Cheshire Plain and Mersey Valley, 1606652 (Digital Archive). SCH8172.

Medieval / post medieval ridge and furrow ploughing in the parish of Crewe-by-Farndon is visible as earthworks centred at approximately SJ 422 526 on historic aerial photography and lidar imagery, though much appears to have been levelled by the latest 2013 vertical imagery.

A couple of areas of the ridge and furrow appear to be purely medieval in date, the majority of the remainder appearing to originate in the medieval period, with post medieval straightening and splitting of the broad ridges to create extra furrows. A large area of fields in the east of the parish appear to consist of post medieval narrow ridge and furrow.

A number of fields of medieval / post medieval ploughing in the heart of the parish appear to be directly associated with contempory settlement earthworks and have been recorded separately.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Various, Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs, RAF/540/491 RP 3005 11-MAY-1951 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8310.

<3> The GeoInformation Group, 1999-2001, Millennium Survey, 19-JUN-2000 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4609.

<4> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, 1/11/2008 (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

<5> Next Perspectives, 2013, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (2013), SJ4252 09-JUN-2013 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8273.

<5> Next Perspectives, 2016, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (2016), SJ4252 09-JUN-2013 (Aerial Photograph). SCH9150.