Monument record 264/0/2 - Site of Medieval Pond

Site of a probable Medieval pond, which has now been levelled by ploughing. Further cropmarks recorded by Northamptonshire NMP may be the remains of further ponds.

{1} Aerial photo NCCAP: SP5645/1-4.

{2}Pond (SP 562458) lay immediately NE of the village, on Upper Lias Clay at 140 m. above OD. It is shown on modern OS maps as a rectangular pond orientated E-W, 60 m. by 25 m. but has now been destroyed by ploughing. It appears to have been embanked on all sides, with a second bank on its N side. (Air photographs in NMR).

{?} Cropmarks show a ditched enclosure containing what could be a pond. This may be post-inclosure field. (Info: G. Foard)

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (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.141/Site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<3> 1955, OS 6 INCH MAP, (unchecked) (Map). SNN9050.

Record last edited

Feb 4 2025 7:58PM