Monument record 4199/0/0 - Medieval fishponds, north of Brampton Ash

A series of at least 7 fishponds North of Grange Farm and East of Manor Farm.

{1}Fishponds, north of grange Farm and east of Manor Farm, on clay, in the valley of a small south-east flowing brook, at110m aOD. The remains have been cut by the modern road (A427), but once consisted of a series of at least seven ponds, To the south-east of the road are three embanked ponds. The largest one, to the south-east, is trapezoidal in shape, with a dam 2m high at the south-east end. The central on is rectangualr, but the north-west is little more than an oblong depression, 10m by 5m. There is an overflow channel along the north side of three. North-west of the road and largely destroyed by it are thre remains of another shallow pon, and there are three other rectangular ponds beyond;

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.10/Site 7 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> STEANE J.M., 1970, The Medieval Fishponds of Northamptonshire, 4/306 (Journal). SNN4943.

<3> Taylor P., 1992, Fishponds Report 1992, (checked) (Report). SNN1339.

<4> Royal Air Force, RAF Vertical Aerial Photographs, CPE/UK/2109, 4279-81 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN105265.

<5> 1971, Northamptonshire Past and Present (4/6), Page 306 (Journal). SNN42342.

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Mar 7 2024 3:21PM