Monument record 15207/1 - Reservior, Sluice and Culvert at Shores Clough

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 57983 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Sluices, spill weir and culvert: c.1830. Coursed squared buff sandstone rubble with hammer dressed flat copings. The clough is dammed and has a spill weir and sluice that control the flow through a circular culvert running under the canal. A second sluice on the towpath side controls the height of the canal and has an overflow that curves to join the clough before entering the culvert.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 214/2, 1849 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This area is not depicted on this map.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9274, 1871-1873 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts a pond created by a dam across the Shores Clough brook. An associated sluice is depicted. A further pond and dam are located upstream at Shoresclough Farm.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9274, 1898-1899 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

Both ponds are labelled Reservoir.