Monument record 15021 - Excavated Section of Township Boundary, Northenden and Pownall Fee

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2019, A6 Manchester Relief Road Archaeological Investigations: Post-excavation assessment and updated project design, R4364 (Client Report). SCH8779.

A section of the township boundary separating the townships of Northenden and Pownall Fee was excavated as part of a scheme of archaeological mitigation undertaken in support of the A6 Manchester Relief Road. The boundary lies in Area 2 which was subject to watching brief and strip, map and sample excavation. Two ditches were recorded forming a ‘T’-junction. The east–west ditch is the township boundary, measuring 1.8 m wide by up to 0.8 m deep with a bowl-shaped profile and evidence of recutting. The north–south boundary was marginally slighter at 1.5 m wide by 0.33 m deep. Both boundaries could be seen continuing along the unstripped surface as earthworks accompanied by a sparse tree/shrub line. A variety of post medieval/modern finds was recovered from these ditches.