Monument record 844/1/1 - Roman Road - Thieves Moss, Delamere Forest (Chester - Manchester Route 7a)

Roman Road, Thieves Moss, Oakmere. In 1885 described by Kirk:- the Roman road enters a ploughed field called Broomycrofts on the east side of Station Road. The agger, in order to continue the regular descent of the hill, is on an immense embankment c.10ft high and 67ft wide between ditches. The roadway is 31ft wide. Gravel is visible all along the embankment, which is 250-300yds long (1). Site visit in 1986 by the Field Monument Warden could detect no surface remains of the road. (2).

<1> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 3/111-133 Kirk E 1885 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Capstick B 1986 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

<3> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 3/70 Robson J 1850 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<4> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, 1/218 1987 (Book). SCH3556.

<5> Margary, I. D., 1973, Roman Roads in Britain, 301 (Book). SCH2903.