Monument record 165/0/2 - Medieval/Post Medieval Fishpond

Earthworks of three sub-rectangular ponds, each with a large dam up to 2m high. The northernmost pond was known as New Pond in 1882

{2} Fishponds, lie immediately south-east of Evenley village, in the valley of a small north-east-flowing stream, on clay, at about 115 m above OD. Three sub-rectangular ponds, each with a large dam up to 2 m high, are arranged in a line along the valley bottom. The road to Evenley from Mixbury, Oxfordshire, crosses the dam of the southernmost pond and a farm track uses the dam of the middle pond. This pond has been damaged and much of its west part has been filled in. The northernmost pond was known as New Pond in 1882 (map in NRO). Two other similar ponds lie north of the village, within Evenley Park (SP 587352), and although these have been altered by later landscaping they, too, may have originated as medieval fishponds.

<1> 1882, First Edition OS Mapping, (unchecked) (Map). SNN15468.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.50/Site 7 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Photographs). SNN104822.

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Dec 21 2023 10:19AM