Monument record 2086 - Possible medieval ponds

Ponds, possibly medieval

{1} Ponds (SP 829612-831612) lie N of the village, parallel to the old railway and the Cogenhoe Mill Stream, on clay at 53 m. above OD. Thereis a line of three ponds, 1 m. deep, all now dry. The largest is now divided into two parts, and both this and the one immediately to the Ware bounded on their N sides by a continuous bank up to 2 m. high.
There is no visible inlet or outlet channel and the ponds may have been filled by seepage of water from the adjacent hillside. The third pond lies some distance to the E and is a simple depression. It may not be contemporary with the others. The adjacent ridge-and-furrow to the S terminates well short of the ponds and is likely to be contemporary with or later than them.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 21/ Site 12, Fig 11 (Series). SNN77380.

<2> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire II (Central), 890001 (Archive). SNN112900.

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Feb 5 2025 6:13PM