Monument record 15737 - Linear Cropmarks North of Radley Farm and South-east of Peel Hall

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Summary

The site of former field boundaries which formed a late medieval or early post medieval field system.

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Type and Period (1)

FIELD SYSTEM (AD 16th Century to AD 20th Century - 1500 AD (between) to 1928 AD (between))

Full Description

<1> Higham N J, 1984-9, Professor Nick Higham's Aerial Photographs, NJH 3489/35, 01/08/1986 (Aerial Photograph). SCH7659.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1893-96, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Lancashire, SJ6191, 1893 (Maps and Plans). SCH3847.

Many of these cropmarks correspond with field boundaries depicted on this map.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1927-1928, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Lancashire, SJ6191, 1928 (Maps and Plans). SCH5041.

The field boundaries are no longer extant.

<4> CPM Environmental Planning and Design, 1999, Land at Peel Hall, Warrington, Cheshire: An Archaeological Assessment, p.9 (Client Report). SCH3953.

A crop and soilmark could represent a trackway, but corresponds to the course of a field boundary shown on nineteenth century maps and may represent a ploughed out ditch or bank.

Sources/Archives (4)

<1>XY SCH7659 Aerial Photograph: Higham N J. 1984-9. Professor Nick Higham's Aerial Photographs. N/A. N/A. NJH 3489/35, 01/08/1986. [Mapped features: #55923 NJH 3489/35, 01/08/1986; #55924 NJH 3489/35, 01/08/1986]
<2> SCH3847 Maps and Plans: Ordnance Survey. 1893-96. Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Lancashire. 25 in to 1 mile (1:2500). SJ6191, 1893.
<3> SCH5041 Maps and Plans: Ordnance Survey. 1927-1928. Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Lancashire. SJ6191, 1928.
<4> SCH3953 Client Report: CPM Environmental Planning and Design. 1999. Land at Peel Hall, Warrington, Cheshire: An Archaeological Assessment. R2298. S0230. N/A. p.9.

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Location

Grid reference	Centred SJ 618 916 (439m by 340m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	SJ69SW
Civil Parish	WINWICK, WARRINGTON
Historic Township/Parish/County	HOUGHTON, MIDDLETON AND ARBURY, WINWICK, LANCASHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 26 2024 2:36PM