Monument record 387/2/6 - Medieval/Post Medieval Fishpond (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Crop/soilmark+Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{2} There appear to be two distinct pond systems, with different functions, and perhaps of different dates. The earliest is probably the pond close to the River Cherwell. This is a roughly triangular sunken area bounded by scarps or dams, and occupied by a complex system of islands. The water to feed it entered at its north-west end, diverted from the river along short inlet channels, and then passed along an outlet channel which still survives in the south corner, back to the river. The date and purpose of this pond is unknown, but it may have been for ducks or wildfowl, the islands providing an extensive refuge for nesting. On the 1847 Tithe Map it is described as a fishpond. Earthwork plans: Figs.39 & 40.

{3} NCCAP:SP5355/003-4.

<1> 1847, Charwelton Tithe Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN9559.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.44-5 Site 2 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

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

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Mar 24 2014 3:36PM