Thesaurus Term/Concept: CHESHIRE MARL PIT

Identifier -58
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Candidate
Index? Yes
Scope Note A pit dug to recover clay for use as a soil improver. Has a a distinctive shape with three steep sides complemented by a shallower access ramp. It is probable that mixing of the extracted clay with carbonate of lime was never widely practiced in Cheshire.

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Context Record
Monument Type MCH25592 Agricultural Earthworks Adjacent to the River Weaver (Monument)
Monument Type MCH4918 Alsager Moat (Monument)
Monument Type MCH24730 Cropmark Near Herons Court (Monument)
Monument Type MCH25429 Earthworks in Raleigh Wood (Monument)
Monument Type MCH25428 Earthworks in Square Wood (Monument)
Monument Type MCH24736 Earthworks North-east of Aston Grange (Monument)
Monument Type MCH22991 Earthworks on Bolesworth Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MCH24727 Field System Earthworks South of Midway House Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MCH24431 Former Marl Pits Adjacent to Jones's Covert (Monument)
Monument Type MCH24729 Former Marl Pits and Field Boundaries North-east of Bluebell Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MCH25607 Former Pits at Hey's Wood (Monument)
Monument Type MCH24470 Linear Cropmarks Between Canal Bank Farm and Damhead Covert (Monument)
Monument Type MCH25766 Linear Earthwork North of Park House Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MCH1693 Marl pit at Capenhurst moated site (Monument)
Monument Type MCH25641 Ridge and Furrow Earthworks at Dunham on the Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MCH25288 Ridge and Furrow Earthworks at Whirley (Monument)
Monument Type MCH25488 Ridge and Furrow Earthworks North and East of Beech House Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MCH25250 Ridge and Furrow Earthworks North of Clay Turn (Monument)
Monument Type MCH25251 Ridge and Furrow Earthworks North-west of Bunbury Commons (Monument)
Monument Type MCH25712 Ridge and Furrow Earthworks North-west of Shukers Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MCH25269 Ridge and Furrow Earthworks West of Gore Wood (Monument)
Monument Type MCH25684 Ridge and Furrow North of Dairy Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MCH1052 Windmill Hill (Monument)