Monument record 249 - Circular Enclosure South of Minshull Hall

<1> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, 1150 (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

An earthwork indicative of a ditch is visible on this aerial photograph. The earthwork forms three sides of a sub-circular enclosure c.100m in diameter.

<1> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, 1150 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

An earthwork indicative of a ditch is visible on this aerial photograph. The earthwork forms three sides of a sub-circular enclosure c.100m in diameter.

<2> Manchester Museum Record Card, No.45 Ferguson A 1977 (Book). SCH2811.

Size suggests it is too large for a barrow. Site visit failed to locate any visible remains.

<3> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey, Run 30 No.2237 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

An cropmark indicative of a ditch is visible on this aerial photograph. Ditch defines a sub-circular enclosure c.90m to 100m in diameter. No internal features are visible.

<4> JA Story & Partners, 1985, 1985 Story & Partners Survey, Run 23 No.121-122 (Aerial Photograph). SCH2993.

A faint patchy cropmark of the ditch identified in earlier photographs is visible.

<5> Bluesky International Ltd, 2005-2006, 2005-2006 Bluesky Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH5483.

The enclosure ditch is faintly visible as a cropmark.