More information : (SJ 54285768) Cropmark of the east portion of a sub-
rectangular earthowrk; the west portion quarried, or cut away,
possibly because of work associated with the adjacent Peckforton
Mere. (1)
The remains of a small probable IA settlement situated upon
the SW end of a low ridge of arable land at present under
pasture. The ridge is about 10.0m in height and overlooks
Peckforton Mere to the SW and former marshland along the flanks
to the NW and SE. Thus defence was required only to the NE and
comprised a ditch probably with an inner bank. Ploughing has
reduced the earthworks to a shallow ditch, 12.0m in width and up
to 0.5m in depth, which curves and fades out at both ends upon
the natural slopes, enclosing an area measuring 70.0m NW-SE by
55.0m transversely. There are no traces of ramparts, or of
internal structures. Surveyed at 1:2500 onto MSD. (2)
SJ 5430 5767. Promontory fort E of Peckforton Mere. Scheduled RSM
No 25703. The original bank and ditch are only partially visible as
upstanding earthworks. They have been much reduced by ploughing and
in places the line of the infilled ditch is only visible on aerial
photographs. Around 180m of the bank and ditch survives as earthworks
and the remaining 280m length as cropmarks only. The area thus
enclosed is about 0.35ha in extent. (3)
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