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Salford City Council has proposed to sell for redevelopment Orchard Mount, a former school in Monton, Greater Manchester (SJ 7696 9994). The site occupied part of a hamlet known as Chorlton Fold, and potentially contained buried remains of the Manchester to Wigan Roman road. Recent investigations on an adjacent development site, on the opposite side of Chorlton Fold Lane, revealed the remains of a medieval ditch, iron smelting debris (probably of the same date), and the footings of Rose Cottage, which had early post-medieval origins (UMAU 2007). There was no evidence for the Roman road at that site, and it was concluded that the course may well be further west within Orchard Mount. Previous archaeological investigations undertaken to the west of Orchard Mount by the Ellesmere Residents Association, aided by Wigan Archaeological Society, revealed a well preserved section of the Roman road in Ellesmere Park (Rabbit 2005). In addition, there was considered to be some potential for the buried remains of one, if not two, Roman road alignments under the existing farmstead at Chorlton Fold. |
