Hillforts of the Cheshire Ridge.

• Author: Garner, Dan.
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress,, 2017.; ©2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 pages)

The Habitats and Hillforts of Cheshire's Sandstone Ridge Landscape Partnership Project was focussed on six of Cheshire hillforts and their surrounding habitats and landscapes. It aimed to develop understanding of the chronology and role of the hillforts and encourage local interest and involvement in their maintenance.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Background to the Habitats and Hillforts Project -- Jill Collens and Dan Garner -- Methodology -- Landscape setting and natural topography -- Figure 1.1 Location of the study area within Cheshire © Crown copyright. Reproduced by permission of the controller of HMSO Licence No. 100053067 -- Figure 1.2 The Sandstone Ridge ECOnet Partnership (SREP) area and the hillfort management zones of the Habitats and Hillforts Project. -- Figure 1.3 The hillforts of the Habitats and Hillforts Project. -- Chapter 2 The historical study of the Cheshire Hillforts -- Dan Garner -- Ormerod 1816-1819 -- Shone 1911 -- Varley 1934-1938 -- The Maiden Castle excavations 1934-5 -- Varley and Jackson 1940 -- Varley 1936-1938 -- The Castle Ditch, Eddisbury excavations 1936-8 (published 1950) -- Varley 1964 -- Webster and Powell 1949-51 -- Bu'Lock 1955 -- Forde-Johnston 1960-64 -- Coombs 1973 -- Longley 1979 -- Beeston Castle excavations 1968-73 and 1975-85 -- Discussion -- Jecock 2006 -- Quarterman 1996 -- Rawson 1996-97 -- Taylor 1980-81 -- The Eddisbury Topographic survey 1987 -- Figure 2.1 Ormerod's published plans of Kelsborrow Castle, Maiden Castle and Eddisbury (Ormerod, 1882: II 3) -- Figure 2.2 Varley's published plan of Maiden Castle showing the extent of his excavation trenches (Varley 1936: fig 1) -- Figure 2.3 Varley's published interpretative plan of the main features identified at Maiden Castle (Varley 1936). -- Figure 2.4 The hillforts of Cheshire (after Varley and Jackson 1940: fig 29). -- Figure 2.5 Varley's published sections of Maiden Castle showing the schematic sections first published in 1940 (Varley and Jackson, 1940: fig 12) -- Figure 2.6 Varley's original sections published in 1936 (Varley, 1936).

Figure 2.7 Varley's published phase plan for Eddisbury (Varley and Jackson, 1940: fig 8) -- Figure 2.8 Varley's published plan with schematic sections through the original and added defences (Varley and Jackson, 1940: fig 9) -- Figure 2.9 Varley's published plan showing the locations of his excavation trenches (Varley 1950: 8). -- Figure 2.10 Varley's published plan of Area 2 Eddisbury (Varley 1950:24 fig 8). -- Figure 2.11 View of Varley's excavations in Area 2 looking east (from the collection of the late Sandy Campbell). -- Figure 2.12 Varley's section through the inner and outer ramparts in Area 2 Eddisbury (Varley 1950: 25 fig 9) -- Figure 2.13 Forde-Johnston's unpublished plan and sections from his excavations at Helsby 1963-4. -- Figure 2.14 Longley's published plan of Kelsborrow Hillfort (Longley 1979) -- Figure 2.15 Annotated plan of the 1938 excavation trench at Kelsborrow hillfort (courtesy of Mike Hardy) -- Chapter 3 The Lithic Collection from the area around Woodhouse Hillfort, Frodsham -- Ian Brooks -- Introduction -- Harrol Edge -- Riley Bank Farm -- Discussion -- Other Sites -- Woodhouse Hill -- Acknowledgements -- Figure 3.1 Summary of sites -- Figure 3.2 Extent of the Adams lithic collection -- Figure 3.3a Selected lithics from the Adams assemblage -- Figure 3.3b Selected lithics from the Adams assemblage -- Figure 3.3c Selected lithics from the Adams assemblage -- Chapter 4 The Lost Archive of Eddisbury: Rediscovering Finds and Records from the 1936-1938 Varley Excavations -- History of the archive -- Richard Mason and Rachel Pope -- Archive contents -- Methodology -- Discussion -- Issues -- Acknowledgements -- Figure 4.1 Eddisbury's prehistoric faunal material as found at Manchester Museum. -- Figure 4.2 Dr John Wilfrid Jackson's labelling of the post-medieval faunal remains.

Figure 4.3 1930s excavations at Eddisbury with site supervisor Betty Furniss. -- Figure 4.4 Tom Jones' post-ex stamp from Mucking on the reverse of an Eddisbury record shot. -- Figure 4.5 Eddisbury finds card index. -- Figure 4.6 Individual index card M.P.31. -- Figure 4.7 The annular clay loom weight identified in the Varley archive. -- Figure 4.8 Plan of Varley Area 3, Eddisbury 1937 with the location of the gatepost fittings marked. -- Figure 4.9 One of the Iron Age iron gatepost fittings in situ. -- Chapter 5 Earthwork surveys and investigations at Woodhouse Hill, Helsby Hill and Maiden Castle -- Introduction -- Mitchell Pollington -- Woodhouse Hill -- Description -- Discussion -- Helsby Hillfort -- Description -- Discussion -- Maiden Castle -- Description -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Figure 5.1 Earthwork survey of the enclosure on Woodhouse Hill (Scale 1:1250). -- Figure 5.2 Earthwork survey of the enclosure on Helsby Hill (Scale 1:1250). -- Figure 5.3 Earthwork survey of Maiden Castle (Scale 1:1000). -- Chapter 6 Geophysical Survey -- Background -- Dan Garner -- Helsby Hillfort -- Eddisbury Hillfort -- Kelsborrow Hillfort -- Maiden Castle -- Beeston Castle -- The Outer Bailey - June 2010 -- The Outer Bailey - August 2010 -- The Outer Gateway - November 2009 -- Peckforton Mere -- Oakmere -- Conclusions -- Figure 6.1 Helsby hillfort survey Areas A to C (Edwards 2011: 10 Figure 4). -- Figure 6.2 Helsby hillfort survey Area B resistivity anomalies (Edwards 2011: 10 Figure 4). -- Figure 6.4 Helsby hillfort survey Area A magnetic anomalies (Edwards 2011: 12 Figure 5). -- Figure 6.5 Eddisbury hillfort resistivity survey results (Roseveare et al. 2010a: DWG 03). -- Figure 6.6 Eddisbury hillfort magnetic field survey results (Roseveare et al. 2010a: DWG 02).

Figure 6.8 Kelsborrow: Chester University survey areas magnetometry Areas 1 to 3 and resistivity (Gondek 2010:4 Figure 1). -- Figure 6.10 Kelsborrow: ArchaeoPhysica Ltd magnetic field survey results (Roseveare et al. 2010b: DWG 02). -- Figure 6.9 Kelsborrow: ArchaeoPhysica Ltd resistivity survey results (Roseveare et al. 2010b: DWG 03). -- Figure 6.11 Kelsborrow: ArchaeoPhysica Ltd summary of the survey results (Roseveare et al. 2010b: DWG 04). -- Figure 6.12 Kelsborrow: Chester University survey detail of the Area 1 survey results (Gondek 2010:12 Figure 7). -- Figure 6.13 Kelsborrow: Chester University survey detail of the resistivity survey results (Gondek 2010:17 Figure 11). -- Figure 6.14 Kelsborrow: Chester University survey detail of the Area 2 survey results (Gondek 2010:14 Figure 8). -- Figure 6.15 Kelsborrow: Chester University's schematic plot of potential archaeological features identified by the two survey sessions (Gondek 2010:19 Figure 12). -- Figure 6.16 Maiden Castle greyscale plot of the fluxgate gradiometer survey (Brooks 2011: Figure 2). -- Figure 6.17 Maiden Castle greyscale plot of the resistivity survey (Brooks 2011: Figure 3). -- Figure 6.18 Maiden Castle summary of the geophysical survey results (Brooks 2011: Figure 12). -- Figure 6.19 Showing the areas of the 2009 and June 2010 surveys in relation to earlier areas of geophysical survey and excavation (Brooks and Price 2010a: Figure 2). -- Figure 6.20 Beeston Castle Outer Bailey and Outer Gateway fluxgate gradiometer survey results, November 2009 and June 2010 (Brooks and Price 2010a: Figure 3). -- Figure 6.21 Beeston Castle Outer Bailey and Outer Gateway resistivity survey results, November 2009 and June 2010 (Brooks and Price 2010a: Figure 4). -- Figure 6.22 Beeston Castle Outer Bailey summary of the survey results, June 2010 (Brooks and Price 2010a: Figure 12).

Figure 6.23 Beeston Castle Outer Bailey fluxgate gradiometer survey results, August 2010 (Brooks and Price 2010b: Figure 2). -- Figure 6.24 Beeston Castle Outer Bailey resistivity survey results, August 2010 (Brooks and Price 2010b: Figure 3). -- Figure 6.25 Beeston Castle Outer Bailey summary of the survey results, August 2010 (Brooks and Price 2010b: Figure 12). -- Figure 6.26 Beeston Castle Outer Gateway summary of the survey results, November 2009 (Brooks and Laws 2009: Figure 13). -- Figure 6.27 Peckforton Mere magnetic field survey results (Roseveare 2012a: DWG 02). -- Figure 6.28 Peckforton Mere resistivity survey results (Roseveare 2012a: DWG 03). -- Figure 6.29 Peckforton Mere summary of the survey results (Roseveare 2012a: DWG 04). -- Figure 6.30 Oakmere magnetic field survey results (Roseveare 2012b: DWG 02). -- Figure 6.31 Oakmere resistivity survey results (Roseveare 2012b: DWG 03). -- Figure 6.32 Oakmere summary of the survey results (Roseveare 2012b: DWG 05). -- Chapter 7 A lidar survey of the Cheshire Sandstone Ridge -- Dan Garner -- Woodhouse Hillfort -- Helsby Hillfort -- Kelsborrow Hillfort -- Eddisbury Hillfort -- Beeston Castle -- Maiden Castle -- Manley Common -- Concluding remarks -- Figure 7.1 Woodhouse hillfort landscape from the 2010 aerial photographic survey (top) and the 2010 lidar survey DTM (bottom) © Cheshire West and Chester Council. -- Figure 7.2 Woodhouse hillfort landscape interpretation based on the 2010 lidar DTM © Cheshire West and Chester Council. -- Figure 7.3 Helsby hillfort landscape from the 2010 aerial photographic survey (top) and the 2010 lidar survey DTM (bottom) © Cheshire West and Chester Council. -- Figure 7.4 Helsby hillfort landscape interpretation based on the 2010 lidar DTM © Cheshire West and Chester Council.

Figure 7.5 Kelsborrow hillfort landscape from the 2010 aerial photographic survey (top) and the 2010 lidar survey DTM (bottom) © Cheshire West and Chester Council.