Monument record 297/0/2 - Medieval fishponds (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Crop/soilmark+Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{1} Earthworks of a moated site

{2} The remains of two or three fishponds, presumably contemporary with the village. The west pond is now identifiable only by its dam which consists of a bank 1m highwith a shallow ditch on its west side from which the material to construc the dam was obtained. The central pond is better defined with low scarps and a low bank or dam at its east end. Within this pond are two raised platforms joined by low bans (297/0/22). These may have been islands but if so they would have been very close to the water level. There may have been a third pond to the east again bounded by low scarps and a possible dam. The latter is now only a slight limestone-rubble bank and may have been an embanked track rather than a dam.

{3} Aerial photos NCCAP: SP5744/1-5

Historic England, 2015, Site of medieval village of Stutchbury (Designation Advice Report). SNN110145.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP54SE (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.68/Site 11 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

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

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Oct 12 2015 11:25AM