Monument record 1324 - Earthworks at Bank Farm, North Rode

Cropmarks of 2 curved banks at Bank Farm, possible field boundaries (1). Two banks or ditches are visible on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s. Other boundary like earthworks are visible to the east. Narrow ridge and furrow like earthworks are located to the immediate west (2). The curved banks/ditches correspond to a field boundary shown on the Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 25" to 1 mile map (3). More recent aerial photography would suggest that these features have been levelled (4). The Cheshire HLC Project suggests a late medieval - early post medieval date for this field system (5 & 6).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ86NE(M) (Index). SCH2487.

<2> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

<2> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<4> The GeoInformation Group, 1999-2001, Millennium Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH4609.

<5> Edwards R, 2008, The Cheshire Historic Landscape Characterisation (Report). SCH4463.

<6> R Edwards, 2008, The Cheshire Historic Landscape Characterisation (Digital Archive). SCH5123.

<6> R Edwards, 2008, The Cheshire Historic Landscape Characterisation (Digital Archive). SCH5123.