Dunham Massey Stable Yard, Greater Manchester. Archaeological Survey Report

The Lancaster University Archaeological Unit (LUAU), at the request of The National
Trust, undertook a survey of the cobbled stable yard at Dunham Massey, Greater
Manchester (SJ 735873), in October 1996.
This involved the execution of a primary instrument survey to record the outline and extent
of the stable yard and establish survey control throughout the study area. This was
followed by a programme of rectified photography to record the detailed make up of the
cobbled surface. The outline detail of patches of cobbling was digitised from the rectified
photographs and incorporated with the instrument survey within a Computer Aided
Draughting (CAD) system. A gazetteer of all cobble patches was compiled as the basis for
analysis of the courtyard surface.