Monument record 16055 - Cropmarks West of Eddisbury Hill Park

<1> Next Perspectives, 2019-2021, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery (2019-2021), SJ5569, 31/05/2020 (Aerial Photograph). SCH9405.

Aerial imagery depicts a curving linear negative cropmark following the contours of a low hillock on its north-eastern, north-western, and (partially) south-western sides. The feature is approximately 80 metres long and between 3.6 metres and 5 metres wide, regular, and with slightly rounded terminals. The feature encloses an extrapolated area of approximately 1 hectare. A smaller slightly curving linear cropmark is evident in the north-western corner of this area, c.20 metres long and c.3.7 metres wide.

<2> Bluesky International Ltd, 2015-2017, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Bluesky International APGB Imagery 2015-2017, SJ5569, 02/10/2016 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8848.

This feature is visible as a faint soilmark.

<3> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 08/01/2025 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Landforms such as this natural hillock are sometimes chosen for the location of Bronze Age barrows.