Monument record 11390/1 - Linear Earthworks East of Duke's Drive

<1> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, CPE UK 1935, 17/01/1947 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

Slightly curving north-south aligned earthwork. The earthwork comprises what appears to be a wide bank c.14m wide flanked by two narrow ditches. It appears to be respected by the adjacent ridge and furrow earthworks.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 96/2 c.1842 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This earthwork possibly corresponds to a curving field boundary depicted on this map separating plots 196 and 197 from 195, 198, 199 and 200.

<3> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, DTM 1m 2008, SJ46NW DTM_F0109248, 06/12/2008 (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

In places, especially at SJ40636425, a c.6m wide bank is visible to the west of the western flanking ditch. To this area’s south, adjacent to the woodland at SJ40636418, the bank becomes widens abruptly to 10m. A further wide bank is located to its immediate west. There is a suggestion that these new earthworks continue in the woodland to the south.

<4> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 13/11/2019 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

This earthwork is possibly a plough headland contemporary with the adjacent ridge and furrow. The headland has later formed part of the boundary between the individual enclosed fields and may also once provided access.

<5> Higham N J, 1984-9, Professor Nick Higham's Aerial Photographs, 1986/5/56 (Aerial Photograph). SCH7659.