Monument record 4263/1/3 - Medieval fishpond (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{2} The lowest and largest of the ponds is roughly trapezoidal, with an almost flat bottom. At its north end the water was retained by a massive dam, now breached in the centre. In its south west corner is a small almost square mound, only 1m high, whose purpose is unknown. Above the main pond is the large dam of the next pond, but this dam is of unusual form in that it has a small elongated depression or pond set inside it. The depression was originally filled with water, possibly for use as a fish-breeding tank.

<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. 77 site 6 (part checked) (Series). SNN77380.

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Dec 11 2008 9:47AM