Monument record 34/2/4 - Medieval Dam

Dam and possible watermill

{2} Dam (SP 478537) lies in the NW corner of the village, N of Townsend Lane, spanning the valley of a small S-flowing brook, on Lower Lias Clay at 132 m. above OD. On a mid C19th map a large pond covering almost 2.5 hectares is shown though there is no indication of its purpose. The dam is 15 m. wide and up to 2.5 m. high, with a break in the centre through which the stream now passes. Below the dam, to the W of the stream, are the foundations of a stone building which certainly existed until 1947 and which are perhaps the remains of a mill. An irregular watercourse further W and NW between the assumed mill and the adjacent ridge-and-furrow appears to be an overflow channel around the W end of the dam.

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, RAF VAP 106G/UK/1698, 5284-5 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.20-21 Site 4 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

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Feb 26 2024 12:03PM