Monument record 15468 - Cranberry Moss or Wood

<1> Leah, MD; Wells, CE; Appleby, C; Huckerby, E, 1997, The Wetlands of Cheshire (North West Wetlands Survey 4), p.88, 128 (Monograph). SCH3260.

Cranberry Moss or Wood, a small wetland, was investigated by the North West Wetlands project, an archaeological and paleoecological study of the varied wetlands of Cheshire, undertaken between 1993-95. It formed part of a series of wetlands in the area extending from Wilmslow in the north to Macclesfield in the east and Sandbach and Congleton in the south. Within this region a variety of wetland types are present from small basin mires west of Macclesfield to large mosses such as Danes Moss and Lindow Moss. The wetlands also display a wide variation in their degree of preservation. The group comprises two contrasting landscapes with the majority of wetlands in a region termed the ‘marginal belt’, with a smaller group centred around Bag Mere, on the fringes of the Cheshire Plain. The majority of the wetlands have developed in depressions and hollows in the surface of the varied glacial deposits.

Potentially the earliest reference for 'Cranberry Moss' is Bryant's map of 1831 (source 2), but on later mapping it appears as 'Cranberry Wood'. It has now been partially built over by a housing development.

<2> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

<3> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, Vol III, p.3 (Book). SCH3228.

'Bog where cranberries grow'