Monument record 15452 - Trackway at Nab Head

<1> Historic England & Archaeological Research Services, 2017, Cheshire National Mapping Programme and Lidar Mapping Project: Sampling the Peak Fringe, Cheshire Plain and Mersey Valley, 1599256 (Digital Archive). SCH8172.

A medieval or post medieval braided trackway is visible as earthwork hollow ways centred at approximately SJ 9421 7869 on lidar imagery (see 2). The trackway remains extant on the latest 2010 vertical aerial photography (see 3).

<2> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, SJ9478 First Return 19-22/04/2006 (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

<3> Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (2010), SJ9478, 17/10/2010 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8173.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9478, 1871-1873 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<5> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

The western end of the track way would probably adjoin the north-south track or lane which is depicted on this map running over Nab Head from Cock Shut Hey, via Nab House, to Long Lane.

<6> Burdett, P. P., 1777, A Survey of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH113.

Possibly the road depicted on this map winding along the southern side of the hill to join Long Lane.