Monument details
| HER Number: | 868 |
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| Type of record: | Archaeology |
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| Name: | Castle Ditch, Eddisbury |
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Summary
Eddisbury Hillfort is a Scheduled Monument. It is probably the site of the burh (fortified settlement) of Aethelflaeda, built in AD 914 and recorded in the Mercian Register. The rebuilding of the inner and outer ramparts over 4th-6th century huts probably relates to this phase. A later hut was found which dates top the 6th to 8th centuries AD, based on the presence of an baked-clay loom weight.
| Parish: | DELAMERE, VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER |
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Monument Types
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Bank-defensive some (1-100), Late Saxon - 800 AD to 1099 AD)
- BURH (Late Saxon - 800 AD to 1099 AD)
- DITCH (Ditch-defensive, Late Saxon - 800 AD to 1099 AD)
- DYKE (DEFENCE) ( some (1-100), Late Saxon - 800 AD to 1099 AD)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 25692: Eddisbury Hillfort East Of Old Pale Farm |
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