Monument record 14456 - Ridge and furrow earthworks and cropmarks in Stretton

<1> Historic England & Archaeological Research Services, 2017, Cheshire National Mapping Programme and Lidar Mapping Project: Sampling the Peak Fringe, Cheshire Plain and Mersey Valley, 1606965 (Digital Archive). SCH8172.

Medieval / post medieval ridge and furrow ploughing in the parish of Stretton is visible as earthworks and cropmarks centred at SJ 444 530 on historic aerial photography and lidar imagery, though many of the earthworks appear to have been levelled by 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. However, the majority of this ridge and furrow has continued in use into the post medieval period, with straightening and splitting of the broad ridges to create extra furrows. There are also a large number of scattered fields and smaller blocks of ploughing consisting of post medieval narrow ridge and furrow (2-6).

<2> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, RAF/CPE/UK/1935 RS 4324 17-JAN-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Various, Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs, RAF/58/1407 F22 0030 09-APR-1954 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8310.

<4> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey, SJ45SW 07-JUL-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

<5> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, 06-DEC-2008 (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

<6> Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (2010), SJ4453 11/10/2010 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8173.

<7> Higham N J, 1984-9, Professor Nick Higham's Aerial Photographs, 1986/7/21 (Aerial Photograph). SCH7659.