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Field system 200m south east of Longley Cottage

England
List entry 1018080
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018080
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.94 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 52975 70101
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Field system 200m south east of Longley Cottage is a scheduled ancient monument located in Cheshire, comprising evidence of medieval or post-medieval agricultural organisation. The site represents the physical remains of historic field boundaries and cultivation patterns that characterise the agrarian landscape of the region during the medieval period or later. Such field systems are significant archaeological records of land use, settlement patterns, and the organisation of rural communities in north-western England. The monument's survival as an identifiable archaeological feature makes it valuable for understanding the development of the Cheshire landscape and historical farming practices.

Field system 200m south east of Longley Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018080. View the official record →

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What is Field system 200m south east of Longley Cottage?

Field system 200m south east of Longley Cottage is a scheduled ancient monument located in Cheshire, comprising evidence of medieval or post-medieval agricultural organisation.

Who is responsible for protecting Field system 200m south east of Longley Cottage?

Field system 200m south east of Longley Cottage is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018080.

What other scheduled monuments are near Field system 200m south east of Longley Cottage?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 300m WSW of Fishpool Lane Farm (4.6 km), High Billinge bowl barrow (4.6 km), Bowl barrow 30m south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm (4.7 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 300m WSW of Fishpool Lane Farm
4.6 km
High Billinge bowl barrow
4.6 km
Bowl barrow 30m south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm
4.7 km
Bowl barrow 120m south-east of Fishpool Lane Farm
4.8 km
Bowl barrow 140m south-east of Fishpool Lane Farm
4.9 km
Iddinshall Hall moated site
7.4 km
Foulk Stapleford moated site
7.5 km
Cross base and shaft in St Helen's churchyard
7.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Field system 200m south east of Longley Cottage

Field system 200m south east of Longley Cottage stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Field system 200m south east of Longley Cottage

Battle of Rowton Heath 1645Battle (1645) · ~6.4 milesBattle of Nantwich 1644Battle (1644) · ~12.2 milesBattle of Winwick (also known as Battle of Red Bank) 1648Battle (1648) · ~15.6 milesBattle of Blore Heath (1459)Battle (1459) · ~24.6 miles
Domesday entry for Cocle, Cheshire →
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