WHITELEAF WOODS
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Other site, structure or landscape
Assets that cannot fit any of the other categories. This category includes sites of archaeological interest, where the original form and function may not be apparent without the use of archaeological techniques and interpretation.Description
World War I practice trenches recorded in topographic and geophysical surveys.
Plan Form - LINEAR
3 GROUPS OF ZIG-ZAG TRENCHES & LINEAR MOUNDS OF UPCAST MAINLY N-S, SURVIVING AS SHALLOW DITCHES & LOW BANKS. BEST PRESERVED AT SP 82257 03763 WHERE TRENCHES 0.8M DEEP, 1.2M WIDE. 1990 GALES? UPROOTED TREES & OBSCURED FEATURES. DUG IN WINTER 1914 BY TROOPS OF 21ST DIVISION AT HALTON AS PRACTICE TRENCHES (B1,B4).
Topographical survey 1998 (B6).
Condition survey 2000 (B7).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
World War I practice trenches recorded in topographic and geophysical surveys.
Date Listed
n/a