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MONUMENT NO. 873485

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Rectangular enclosure of uncertain date measuring 110m x 83m, overlain by two phases of ridge and furrow.

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Enclosure: SJ 4544 6687 (FCE). Situated on a very slight N-facing
slope at 22m OD is a ploughed-down rectangular enclosure measuring
110m SW-NE by 83m. The enclosure is defined by a low bank (maximum
0.2m high) and a shallow, narrow peripheral ditch; there is a
probable entrance at the E. No internal structures could be
identified. The enclosure has been over ploughed by two phases of
ridge and furrow. Of uncertain date and purpose but possibly an
enclosure of pre-medieval date surviving on heathland, or
alternatively having a specialised but later function within a
heathland setting (1a). A further enclosure has been identified
some 400m to the E (see NMR No: SJ 46 NE 21).

This summary is derived from a standard RCHME Level 3 survey
undertaken at a scale of 1:1000 in February 1986. The resultant
archive is held in the NMR. (1)

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(1) General reference

Stewart Ainsworth/06-FEB-1986/RCHME: Stamford Lodge Survey.

(1a) General reference

Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society 70 1987-88 81-85 (S Ainsworth, P Everson, and W. R. Wilson-North)

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