Monument record 15377 - Post Medieval Field System, East of Hulme Barns Farm, Bucklow Hill

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2017, A556 Knutsford to Bowdon Improvement, Cheshire: Archaeological Strip Map and Excavation & Post Excavation Assessment, R3920 (Client Report). SCH8111.

A field system of post medieval date was recorded during an archaeological strip, map and excavation undertaken in 2014. This work formed part of a programme of archaeological investigations along the course of the proposed A556 Knutsford to Bowdon relief road.

The relict field boundaries, often hundreds of metres in length, were revealed by the topsoiling. The primary land divisions ran on a generally north-south alignment with shorter ditches generally set at 90°. The majority of the boundaries correspond with features shown on the 1848 tithe map of the Township of Mere. Other features have been ascribed to the post-medieval period on the basis of their clear functional associations with ditches represented on the tithe mapping, or the finds recovered from them.