Monument record 1970/10 - Pipers Ash Enclosure

<1> Various, Aerial photographs, Collens J and Philpott RA 1995 (Aerial Photograph). SCH128.

Cropmark photographed August 1995 of one side and two corners of a possible rectangular enclosure. Possible entrance gap midway along one side. Possible practice camp associated with 'Upton type' enclosures (RN 1970/1-9)(1).

<2> Philpott, R A, 1998, New Evidence from Aerial Reconnaissance for Military Sites in Cheshire, Brittania. Vol XXIX 1998 (Article in Journal). SCH5632.

No.11 One of a group of a series of subrectangular enclosures within a few kilometres of Chester. A discussion about the interpretation of these features can be found in this article. New discoveries from aerial photography and excavation support a Roman Military origin.

<3> West Yorkshire Archaeological Service, 2023, Bellevue Lane BESS, Chester, Cheshire: Geophysical Survey, R4764 (Client Report). SCH9598.

A geophysical survey was undertaken in 2023 over the site of the potential Roman camp. Although, weak linear anomalies were recorded they are thought likely to be of agricultural origin. Medieval or post-medieval ridge and furrow cultivation was detected across the site of the camp.