Monument record 152/1/1 - Earthworks near the Catstones

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

Banks and ditches depicted by the Ordnance Survey 2nd and 3rd edition 25" to 1 mile maps. (Sources 1 and 2)

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

<3> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Turner R C, 1989 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

On the Cloud, to the north-east of the Catstones, are a number of old field boundaries, which survive as turf covered rubble walls and ditches. These demarcate small enclosures, unlike the field systems elsewhere in the locality. They were mapped on the 1911 edition of the OS map but have since been deleted. They survived in good condition in 1989. The 'fort' on the Cloud (CHER152/2) may be part of the same system.

<4> Sainter J D, 1878, Scientific Rambles Round Macclesfield, p.32 (Book). SCH2964.

This is possibly one of the two divisions to the 'fort' described by Sainter.

<5> See map for surveyor, 1762-1898, Cheshire Enclosure Maps and Awards, Buglawton, QDE 1/30, 25 July 1831 (Maps and Plans). SCH1106.

Probably predate the plantation/field systems in this locality which were established after the enclosure of Black Heath Common in 25 July 1831.

<6> Longley D, 1977-1978, Longley Archive, No.486 (Paper Archive). SCH2005.