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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Cannock_Chase_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Cannock Chase (disambiguation)">Cannock Chase (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Cannock Chase</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cannock_Chase_Path.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Cannock_Chase_Path.jpg/284px-Cannock_Chase_Path.jpg" decoding="async" width="284" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Cannock_Chase_Path.jpg/426px-Cannock_Chase_Path.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Cannock_Chase_Path.jpg/568px-Cannock_Chase_Path.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A path in Cannock Chase</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cannock_Chase_AONB_locator_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Cannock_Chase_AONB_locator_map.svg/243px-Cannock_Chase_AONB_locator_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="243" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Cannock_Chase_AONB_locator_map.svg/365px-Cannock_Chase_AONB_locator_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Cannock_Chase_AONB_locator_map.svg/486px-Cannock_Chase_AONB_locator_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1648" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Location of the Cannock Chase National Landscape area in the UK</div></td></tr><tr class="locality"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cannock_Chase&params=52.746_N_2.001_W_type:landmark_region:GB-STS_source:enwiki-osgb36(SK000165)_dim:9km"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°44′46″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°00′04″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.746°N 2.001°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.746; -2.001</span></span></span></a></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">grid reference</a> <span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cannock_Chase&params=52.746122_N_2.001438_W_region:GB_scale:25000_dim:9km">SK000165</a></span>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">68 km<sup>2</sup> (26 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1958</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Visitors</th><td class="infobox-data">2.3 million (in 2010-11)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cannock-chase.co.uk">Official website</a></span></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2936429#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Cannock Chase</b>, often referred to locally as <b>The Chase</b>, is a mixed area of countryside in the county of <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a>, England. The area has been designated as the <b>Cannock Chase National Landscape</b>, an <a href="/wiki/Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty" title="Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty">Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty</a>, and much of it is managed by <a href="/wiki/Forestry_England" title="Forestry England">Forestry England</a> for its important ecology and for recreational use. The Chase gives its name to the <a href="/wiki/Cannock_Chase_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cannock Chase (district)">Cannock Chase local government district</a>. It is a former <a href="/wiki/Royal_forest" title="Royal forest">Royal forest</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cannock_Chase&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the exception of the southeastern area, the Chase is almost wholly underlain by <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">sandstones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(geology)" title="Conglomerate (geology)">conglomerates</a> of the Chester Formation dating from the <a href="/wiki/Triassic" title="Triassic">Triassic</a> period. Formerly known as the Cannock Chase Formation, these form a part of the <a href="/wiki/Sherwood_Sandstone_Group" title="Sherwood Sandstone Group">Sherwood Sandstone Group</a>. Overlying these rocks in the Rugeley area are the, often pebbly, sandstones of the Helsby Sandstone Formation, formerly referred to in this area as the Bromsgrove Sandstone. Older literature will often refer to the <a href="/wiki/Bunter_(geology)" title="Bunter (geology)">bunter</a> sandstone, a name which geologists no longer apply to the <a href="/wiki/New_Red_Sandstone" title="New Red Sandstone">New Red Sandstone</a> of Britain. Southeast of Rugeley Road the bedrock is provided by the <a href="/wiki/Mudstone" title="Mudstone">mudstones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siltstone" title="Siltstone">siltstones</a> and sandstones of the Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation, a succession dating from the end of the <a href="/wiki/Carboniferous" title="Carboniferous">Carboniferous</a> period, and which is separated from the overlying New Red Sandstone rocks by an <a href="/wiki/Unconformity" title="Unconformity">unconformity</a>. The Hednesford Hills are formed by the Chester Formation sandstones.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 'humped profile' dry valley running west–east, and followed by the bridleway between Brocton and Beggar's Hill is interpreted as a <a href="/wiki/Meltwater_channel" title="Meltwater channel">glacial overflow channel</a>, operative during the <a href="/wiki/Ice_age" title="Ice age">ice age</a>. An expanse of glacial <a href="/wiki/Till" title="Till">till</a> underlies Haywood Warren with smaller patches mapped elsewhere. Sand and gravel have been quarried in different parts of the Chase over the years, as at <a href="/wiki/Wolseley,_Staffordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolseley, Staffordshire">Wolseley</a> today.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Landscape,_flora_and_fauna"><span id="Landscape.2C_flora_and_fauna"></span>Landscape, flora and fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cannock_Chase&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Landscape, flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Chase is located between <a href="/wiki/Hednesford" title="Hednesford">Hednesford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huntington,_Staffordshire" title="Huntington, Staffordshire">Huntington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lichfield" title="Lichfield">Lichfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugeley" title="Rugeley">Rugeley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brocton,_Staffordshire" title="Brocton, Staffordshire">Brocton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milford,_Staffordshire" title="Milford, Staffordshire">Milford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford">Stafford</a>. It comprises a mixture of natural deciduous woodland, coniferous plantations, open heathland, small lakes and the remains of early industry, such as <a href="/wiki/Coal_mining" title="Coal mining">coal mining</a>. The Chase was designated as an <a href="/wiki/Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty" title="Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty">Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty</a> (AONB) on 16 September 1958 and is the smallest area so designated in mainland Britain, covering 68 km<sup>2</sup> (26 sq mi). Much of the area is also designated as a <a href="/wiki/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest" title="Site of Special Scientific Interest">Site of Special Scientific Interest</a> (SSSI). Despite being relatively small in area, the chase provides a remarkable range of landscape and wildlife, including a herd of around 800 <a href="/wiki/Fallow_deer" title="Fallow deer">fallow deer</a> and a number of rare and endangered birds, including <a href="/wiki/Bird_migration" title="Bird migration">migrant</a> <a href="/wiki/European_nightjar" title="European nightjar">nightjars</a>. </p><p>Efforts are <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (March 2009)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> underway to increase the amount of <a href="/wiki/Heathland" class="mw-redirect" title="Heathland">heathland</a> on the chase, reintroducing shrubs such as <a href="/wiki/Calluna" title="Calluna">heather</a> in some areas where <a href="/wiki/Bracken" title="Bracken">bracken</a> and <a href="/wiki/Birch" title="Birch">birch</a> forest have crowded out most other plants. The local flora also includes several species of <i><a href="/wiki/Vaccinium" title="Vaccinium">Vaccinium</a></i>, including the eponymous Cannock Chase berry (<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaccinium_%C3%97_intermedium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vaccinium × intermedium (page does not exist)">Vaccinium × intermedium</a></i> Ruthe).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2009, an outbreak of the plant pathogen <i><a href="/wiki/Phytophthora_ramorum" title="Phytophthora ramorum">Phytophthora ramorum</a></i> was discovered on the chase, at Brocton Coppice. Various restrictions were put in place in an attempt to prevent its spread.<sup id="cite_ref-WMBC-SOD_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMBC-SOD-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recreation">Recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cannock_Chase&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The chase is an important local amenity for recreation, with 58% of the National Landscape area publicly accessible, and several visitor attractions lie within it. While only around 10,000 people live within the National Landscape area itself, 135,000 people live within a 30 minute walk of the area, and 3.2 million people live within a one hour drive of the area. It received an estimated 2.3 million visitors in 2010-11.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Visitor_sites_and_landmarks">Visitor sites and landmarks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cannock_Chase&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Visitor sites and landmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Katyn_Memorial_Cannock.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Katyn_Memorial_Cannock.jpg/200px-Katyn_Memorial_Cannock.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Katyn_Memorial_Cannock.jpg/300px-Katyn_Memorial_Cannock.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Katyn_Memorial_Cannock.jpg/400px-Katyn_Memorial_Cannock.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3095" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption>The Katyn Memorial at Cannock Chase.</figcaption></figure> <p>There are a number of visitor centres, museums and <a href="/wiki/Waymarking" class="mw-redirect" title="Waymarking">waymarked</a> paths, including the <a href="/wiki/Heart_of_England_Way" title="Heart of England Way">Heart of England Way</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Way" title="Staffordshire Way">Staffordshire Way</a>. There are also accessible trails to enable people to experience the health benefits of the Chase, such as The Route to Health.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, there are many unmarked public paths. On the north-eastern edge of the Chase can be found <a href="/wiki/Shugborough_Hall" title="Shugborough Hall">Shugborough Hall</a>, ancestral home of the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lichfield" title="Earl of Lichfield">Earls of Lichfield</a>. At its southern edge are the remains of <a href="/wiki/Castle_Ring" title="Castle Ring">Castle Ring</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> <a href="/wiki/Hill_fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Hill fort">hill fort</a>, which at 242 metres (794 ft) is the highest point on the Chase. Several <a href="/wiki/Glacial_erratic" title="Glacial erratic">glacial erratic</a> boulders are also found on the Chase, remnants of <a href="/wiki/Glaciation" class="mw-redirect" title="Glaciation">glaciation</a>. One is mounted on a plinth. </p><p>The Chase has several <a href="/wiki/War_memorial" title="War memorial">war memorials</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Cannock_Chase_German_Military_Cemetery" title="Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery">German</a> and <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission" title="Commonwealth War Graves Commission">Commonwealth</a> war cemeteries. A memorial to the victims of the <a href="/wiki/Katyn_massacre" title="Katyn massacre">Katyn massacre</a> was unveiled by Stefan Staniszewski, whose father Hillary, Zygmunt Staniszewski, died in the massacre. Preserved below the memorial are phials of soil from both <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Katyn_forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Katyn forest">Katyn forest</a>. Freda, the Harlequin <a href="/wiki/Great_Dane" title="Great Dane">Great Dane</a> mascot of the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Rifle_Brigade_(Earl_of_Liverpool%27s_Own)" title="New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own)">New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own)</a> is also buried on the chase marked with a memorial marble headstone. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mountain_biking">Mountain biking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cannock_Chase&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mountain biking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Chase is popular with cross-country mountain bike users. The purpose-built XC 'Follow the Dog' trail<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an 11 km (6.8 mi) technically challenging route, opened in 2005, starting and finishing at the Birches Valley Visitors/Cycle Centre. It is open to all; however, it is not recommended for beginners. A new section of XC trail was opened in April 2010. The 'Monkey Trail' (11.2 km (7.0 mi)) is a more technical trail that splits from 'Follow the Dog' at about the halfway point, then rejoins slightly further on. There are several features mountain bikers can look out for when riding on the chase, such as Kitbag Hill, Rabbit Hill, Quagmire Bridge, Roots Hall and Brocton Shorts. </p><p>Increasing popularity of the MTB trails led Network Rail to install a cycle bridge in 2013 at Moors Gorse to replace the previous pedestrian level crossing where multiple near misses indicated a high risk to cyclists.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Entertainment">Entertainment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cannock_Chase&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Entertainment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 2006, the forest has been used as an open-air music venue as part of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.forestryengland.uk/">Forestry England</a> nationwide <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.forestryengland.uk/music">Forest Live</a>, with acts such as <a href="/wiki/The_Zutons" title="The Zutons">The Zutons</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Feeling" title="The Feeling">The Feeling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Status_Quo_(band)" title="Status Quo (band)">Status Quo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jools_Holland" title="Jools Holland">Jools Holland</a> playing in a forest clearing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_archaeology">History and archaeology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cannock_Chase&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: History and archaeology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Model_WW_I_battlefield">Model WW I battlefield</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cannock_Chase&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Model WW I battlefield"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A model <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> battlefield was constructed near <a href="/wiki/Brocton,_Staffordshire" title="Brocton, Staffordshire">Brocton</a> by German <a href="/wiki/Prisoners_of_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Prisoners of war">prisoners of war</a> held in a camp on nearby Cannock Chase and guarded by soldiers of the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Rifle_Brigade_(Earl_of_Liverpool%27s_Own)" title="New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own)">New Zealand Rifle Brigade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The model was of the village and surrounding area of <a href="/wiki/Mesen" title="Mesen">Messines</a> in Belgium, which included replica trenches and dugouts, railway lines, roads, and accurate contours of the surrounding terrain.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2013 <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_County_Council" title="Staffordshire County Council">Staffordshire County Council</a> allowed a team of local archaeologists and volunteers to excavate the well-preserved battlefield, revealing many new details.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Staffordshire County Council used laser-scanning technology to recreate the site as a 3D interactive model that can be explored online.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The model was open to public view for a few weeks before being buried again to ensure its preservation.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Chase_Through_Time">The Chase Through Time</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cannock_Chase&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The Chase Through Time"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Chase Through Time project<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2016–18) explored two thousand years of the history of the landscape of Cannock Chase AONB. It was a partnership between <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_County_Council" title="Staffordshire County Council">Staffordshire County Council</a>, <a href="/wiki/Historic_England" title="Historic England">Historic England</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Lottery_Heritage_Fund" title="National Lottery Heritage Fund">Heritage Lottery Fund</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An archaeological survey using <a href="/wiki/Lidar" title="Lidar">lidar</a> which enabled researchers to see beneath trees coverage, and map usually unseen archaeological features in combination with historic aerial photographs, which illustrated changes to the landscape over the last 70 years. The project mapped archaeology from prehistoric burnt mounds, medieval and later coal mining, post medieval land division showing the early land management of the Chase, and aspects of the landscape's use in the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>. 565 archaeological sites were mapped, with 436 of these sites new to the record.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cannock_Chase_murders">Cannock Chase murders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cannock_Chase&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cannock Chase murders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area gained notoriety in the late 1960s when the <a href="/wiki/Cannock_Chase_murders" title="Cannock Chase murders">Cannock Chase murders</a> made national headlines. The remains of three young girls were found on the Chase after going missing from areas along the <a href="/wiki/A34_road" title="A34 road">A34 road</a> between there and <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>. Raymond Leslie Morris, a motor engineer from <a href="/wiki/Walsall" title="Walsall">Walsall</a>, was found guilty at <a href="/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford">Stafford</a> assizes of one of the murders in 1968 and was sentenced to <a href="/wiki/Life_imprisonment" title="Life imprisonment">life imprisonment</a>. He died in prison in March 2014, aged 84, after serving 45 years.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cannock_Chase&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the 1970s, sightings of <a href="/wiki/Black_Eyed_Kids" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Eyed Kids">Black Eyed Kids</a>, <a href="/wiki/Black_dog_(folklore)" title="Black dog (folklore)">Black Dogs</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Werewolf" title="Werewolf">Werewolves</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/British_big_cats" title="British big cats">British big cats</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Unidentified_flying_object" title="Unidentified flying object">UFOs</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and even <a href="/wiki/Bigfoot" title="Bigfoot">Bigfoot</a> have been reported in the local press. However no conclusive evidence has ever been produced verifying these claims, and they may best be thought of as forming part of local <a href="/wiki/Folklore" title="Folklore">folklore</a>. </p><p>The 1972 <a href="/wiki/Labi_Siffre" title="Labi Siffre">Labi Siffre</a> album <i><a href="/wiki/Crying_Laughing_Loving_Lying" title="Crying Laughing Loving Lying">Crying Laughing Loving Lying</a></i> features a track, written on Cannock Chase, and named after it.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cannock_Chase&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaudesert_(house)" class="mw-redirect" title="Beaudesert (house)">Beaudesert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannock_Chase_German_Military_Cemetery" title="Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery">Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Ring" title="Castle Ring">Castle Ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chase_Line" title="Chase Line">Chase Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valley_coal_mine" title="Valley coal mine">Valley coal mine</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cannock_Chase&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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