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Monument Number 71059
Hob Uid: 71059
Location : Cheshire East Spurstow
Grid Ref : SJ5540057300
Summary : The earthwork remains of a medieval settlement which lie to the east of Haycroft Farm. The remains appear to be concentrated to the north east and south west of a former watercourse which ran down a shallow valley to the north west of the present village of Spurstow. These remains were probably part of the village of Spurstow which has shrunk or slightly relocated in the post-medieval period. The earthworks include the platforms for about six houses with adjoining enclosures. A raised feature running north-south across the settlement is a causeway which has been built up in more recent times to provide dry access. It follows the line of a former field boundary. Each house platform is between 25 metres and 40 metres square with a ditch 2 metres wide to define it. Each of these platforms would have been occupied by one or more medieval buildings. The settlement may have fronted the present lane running south east from the farm. This was a former route from Ridley Green to Beeston Moss and Beeston Castle. There are traces of medieval ridge and furrow in the northern part of the site and these run up to but not into the area of house platforms. The ridge and furrow is interpreted as the remains of the field system associated with the medieval village. Scheduled.
More information : SJ 554573. Several channels (some natural), tracks, enclosures and low mounds, with ridge and furrow coming up to what may have been a village envelope, are visible from the air, adjoining Haycroft Farm on two sides. This may be the result of the settled area of Spurstow having moved to the S, or shrinkage. Visible on OS air photographs. (1-4)

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Source details : Williams RS. 1978 The Changing Past: Aerial Archaeology in Cheshire, 57
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Source details : Cheshire Sites and Monuments Record, 1979: Crewe and Nantwich District
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Source details : APs (OS 69/409 013-4)
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Source details : 15-Feb-99
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Shrunken Village, Shifted Village, House, Croft, Ridge And Furrow, Field System
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cheshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 7/AR 246
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 30388
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 55 NE 7
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Monument Number 71059