Monument record 331/3 - Possible Windmill Mound at Ridley

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 340/2, 1839 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts a circular hill or mound circa one hundred metres in diameter at its base and circa forty-five metres in diameter at the top. The latter is depicted as being covered with trees. The plot containing this feature is called Wind Mill Field.

<2> Greenwood, C. & Greenwood J., 1819, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2115.

This map depicts a hill or mound at this location.

<3> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

This map depicts a circular hill or mound at this location.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5454, 1874-1875 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts a circular area of trees circa twenty-five metres in diameter.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5454, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

As previously depicted.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ5454, 1911 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

Approximately half the mound or hill has been removed by an adjacent sand pit.

<7> Environment Agency, 2003-2020, Environment Agency LiDAR Surveys, Composite Last Return DSM 1m 2022 (Digital Archive). SCH7819.

LIDAR survey indicates that the mill or mound was quarried away by the sand pit.