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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Type and Period (3)
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> SNN104822 Photographs: Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs. Used with NMR & CUCAP collections.
- <2> SNN77380 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> SNN4943 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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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SP 7678 8447 (74m by 90m) Central |
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Civil Parish | BRAYBROOKE, North Northamptonshire (formerly Kettering District) |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- None recorded
Record last edited
Feb 11 2014 3:14PM