Monument record 2062/1 - Legh Oaks Farm Enclosure A

Sites at Legh Oaks Farm first found by aerial photography 1981 & confirmed 1984.Sites located by geophysical surveys & contour plan 1985. Enclosure A is large oval ditched enclosure,60m in diam.Excn,1987,located butt end of enclosure ditch,3.5-4m wide x up to 1m deep.4 poss Roman coarse ware sherds came from ditch.40 sq m of interior examined.Features revealed 2 phases.1 - linear trench 0.3m wide x 0.2m deep running SW-NE across the site,containing 1 posthole.2 - enclosure ditch backed by prob stone pathway c.4m wide & defined by at least 1 drainage gully.In interior of settlement series of postholes,poss belonging to blgs.Pottery from enclosure ditch & drainage gully suggests Roman date for Phase 2.Stone footings of poss drain or wall & narrow clay linear feature may belong to further phase. Finds - sherd of samian,mortarium,5 sherds coarse ware & 3 pieces worked flint (1).

<1> Nevell MD, 1989, Excavations on a Romano-British site at Legh Oaks Farm, Northern Cheshire, 1987-88: interim report on oval enclosure with 1st-2nd century pottery (Article in Journal). SCH9540.

<2> Nevell MD, 1988, Arthill Heath Farm, Northern Cheshire: Trial Excavations on a Prehistoric Settlement 1987-8 (Article in Journal). SCH9539.

<3> Nevell MD, 1987, Legh Oaks Farm: An Investigation of two Cropmark Sites. Interim Report for 1985/1986, Nevell M 1989 4/44-52 (Article in Journal). SCH9538.