Monument record 4268/1/4 - Possible medieval fish breeding tanks (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

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Summary

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

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Full Description

{2} A series of rectangular flat-topped mounds, three large ones surrounded by ditches up to 2.5m deep, and two small ones bounded by shallow ditches only 0.5m deep. The latter have small depressions in them, 1m deep, while the easternmost of the large mounds has a rectangular depression 2.5m deep. No explanation for these mounds can be given, though it has been suggested that they are fish-breeding tanks.


<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Photographs). SNN104822.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.11 site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<3> STEANE J.M., 1970, The Medieval Fishponds of Northamptonshire, 4/306 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN4943.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Photographs: Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs. Used with NMR & CUCAP collections.
  • <2> Series: Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England. 1979. An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton. 2. HMSO. p.11 site 1 (checked).
  • <3> Journal: STEANE J.M.. 1970. The Medieval Fishponds of Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Past and Present. 4 No.5. Northants Record Society. 4/306 (unchecked).

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7678 8447 (74m by 90m) Central
Civil Parish BRAYBROOKE, North Northamptonshire (formerly Kettering District)

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Feb 11 2014 3:14PM

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