Monument record 14453 - Ridge and furrow earthworks and cropmarks in Kings Marsh

<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 centred at approximately SJ 429 547 in the parish of Kings Marsh is visible as earthworks and cropmarks on historic aerial photography and lidar imagery, though many of the earthworks appear to have been levelled by the latest 2010-2013 vertical imagery.

Some areas of the ridge and furrow, particularly in the north of the parish, appear to be purely medieval in date, part of the open field system, and including a number of broad banks which probably represent plough headlands. The majority of the remainder appears to originate in the medieval period, with post medieval straightening and splitting of the broad ridges to create extra furrows. A small number of fields appear to consist of post medieval narrow ridge and furrow (2-5)

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

<3> GeoInformation Group, 1945-1948, 1945-1948 RAF National Survey, RAF/CPE/UK/1935 FS 2322 17-JAN-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8190.

<4> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, 06-DEC-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.

<6> Higham N J, 1984-9, Professor Nick Higham's Aerial Photographs, 3494/21, 18/08/1986 (Aerial Photograph). SCH7659.