[[Fasciculus:Nico Ditch in Greater Manchester.png|thumb|Cursus propinquus Magni fossati, rubro signatus. Fortasse ulterius ad occidentem quam signatum est patebat, post hiatum a terra muscosa interveniente postulatum.]]
<!--NicoMagnum Ditchfossatum stretches six miles (9.7 km)frompatet ab Ashton Moss ({{gbmapping|SJ909980}}) in Ashton-undersubter-LyneLineam toad Hough Moss ({{gbmapping|SJ82819491}}), justad eastorientem of [[Stretford]]Stretfordiae.<ref name="Lands and Lordships">Nevell (1998), p. 40.</ref> It passes through Per [[Denton, Greater Manchester|Denton]], [[Reddish]], [[Gorton]], [[Levenshulme]], [[Burnage]], [[Rusholme]], [[Platt Fields Park]] in [[Fallowfield]], [[Withington]],andet [[ChorltonChrolton-cum-Hardy]] transit, crossingper fourquattuor [[metropolitanburga borough]]sMancunii ofMaioris present-dayhodierni [[Greater Manchester]]transgrediens. <!--The ditch coincides with the boundaries between the boroughs of [[Metropolitan Borough of Stockport|Stockport]] and [[Manchester]], and between Tameside and Manchester as far as Denton golf course. A section is now beneath the [[Audenshaw Reservoirs]], which were built towards the end of the 19th century.<ref>Nevell (1992), p. 81.</ref> The ditch may have extended west beyond Stretford, to [[Urmston]] ({{gbmapping|SJ78299504}}).<ref name="N92 78">Nevell (1992), p. 78.</ref>-->
