Monument record 2214 - Cropmarks at Little Bollington

<1> Higham N J, 1984-9, Professor Nick Higham's Aerial Photographs, 1984/2/10a & J87/1/24 (Aerial Photograph). SCH7659.

Photograph J87/1/24 appears to show a large rectangular banked enclosure adjacent to the lane leading to Spodegreen Farm. Photograph 1984/2/10a shows further associated linear earthworks in the wider area.

<2> National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside, 1993, Greater Manchester Western & Northern Relief Road - M56-M62 Archaeological Assessment Report, R2033 p.12, no.21 (Client Report). SCH1269.

Large rectangular enclosure recorded from the air. Possible relationship with the adjacent kiln croft site (CHER 2746).

<3> Greater Manchester Archaeological Unit, 1991, A556M (M56-M6) Improvement. An Archaeological Assessment, p.29, no.143 (Client Report). SCH4363.

Field survey undertaken in 1991 observed this feature to be in the '…form of a depression c.4m wide which runs to a gateway in the north-south hedgeline, suggesting that it may be an earlier trackway…'.

<4> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

A cropmark depicting three sides of a rectangular enclosure is visible on this aerial photograph.

<5> Bluesky International Ltd, 2010, 2010 Bluesky Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH5444.

Cropmarks depicting a semi regular pattern of possible ditches are visible on this aerial image.

<6> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 15/11/2017 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

These cropmarks generally correspond with field boundaries depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition of 1877 (see 6).

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ7385, 1877 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.